UPDATE ON CRYPTO ASSETS IN ETFS -
In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management staff penned a letter to the Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial...more
12/15/2021
/ Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
ETFs ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Mutual Funds ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Approval
The Division of Examinations staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a risk alert on October 26, 2021, titled “Observations from Examinations in the Registered Investment Company Initiatives,” which...more
Recently proposed tax legislation, if enacted, would fundamentally alter the taxation of exchange‑traded funds. This LawFlash discusses the potential consequences of such legislation on industry participants, including retail...more
9/23/2021
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Commodity Pool ,
ETFs ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Grantor Trusts ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Qualifying Income ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Retail Investors ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Revenues
The US Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5 proposed a new disclosure framework for mutual and exchange-traded funds that seeks to replace the current disclosure delivery framework—for annual prospectus updates and...more
GENERIC LISTING STANDARDS FOR ETFS RELYING ON RULE 6C-11 APPROVED -
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved generic listing standards proposed by NYSE Arca, Inc., Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., and The Nasdaq...more
5/7/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
ETFs ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Financial Markets ,
Investment Management ,
Listing Standards ,
Relief Measures ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Transactions
NYSE Arca’s proposal would use a two-part test to identify aberrant prices in trades of exchange-traded products and then warn the market of such trades in an effort to deter further pricing dislocations....more
Withdrawal comes within days of SEC Chair White and Commissioner Aguilar issuing public statements regarding ETFs.
On October 19, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a notice stating that NYSE Arca,...more
10/29/2015
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Exchange-Traded Products ,
Investor Advisory Committee ,
Liquidity ,
Listing Standards ,
NYSE ,
Pricing ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Transparency
Growth in the ETP industry has led the SEC to seek public comment on a variety of topics related to the listing and trading of ETP shares.
On June 12, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a release (the...more
7/2/2015
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Broker-Dealer ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Exemptive Relief ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investors ,
Listing Standards ,
Market Pricing ,
No-Action Relief ,
Public Comment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
Interpretive letter outlines the conditions for the use of exchange-traded product marketing materials containing pre-inception index performance, including disclosure requirements, performance presentation standards, and a...more