Effective for reports as of November 2022 (i.e., those reports due in December 2022) and afterwards, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) has implemented important and significant changes to the reporting requirements...more
10/26/2022
/ Failure to Report ,
Fair Value Standard ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Penalties ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
U.S. Treasury
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, by a vote of three-to-one, proposed for public comment on May 25, 2022, amendments to the rule governing naming conventions of funds1 subject to the U.S. Investment...more
In March 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) will conduct a benchmark survey of U.S. ownership of foreign securities....more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2020 adopted a long-anticipated rule for the fair valuation of fund investments. Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (final rule or rule): defines...more
A substantial portion of available global investment capital is held under private U.S. pension and other employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). At the same time, for...more
5/16/2020
/ Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Field Assistance Bulletins ,
Investment Management ,
Political Parties ,
Retirement Plan ,
Trump Administration
In August 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) will conduct a benchmark survey of foreign residents’ holdings of U.S. issuers’ securities. The information will...more
7/22/2019
/ Benchmarks ,
Closed-End Funds ,
ETFs ,
Failure to Report ,
Federal Reserve ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Residents ,
FRBNY ,
Hedge Funds ,
Index Funds ,
International Monetary Fund ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investment Trust Companies ,
Money Market Funds ,
Mortgage REITS ,
Penalties ,
Pooled Investment Vehicles ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities ,
Surveys ,
TIC-SHL ,
U.S. Treasury
The U.S. federal securities laws, the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations thereunder, and certain other applicable federal laws, rules and regulations, as well as rules of U.S. self-regulatory organizations (such as the...more
1/31/2019
/ Commodities Traders ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Commodity Pool ,
Compliance ,
CPOs ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
NFA ,
Private Funds ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management (SEC Staff) on September 22, 2017 extended indefinitely the effectiveness of no-action relief granted a year earlier with respect to the...more
10/6/2017
/ Auditor Independence ,
Auditors ,
Investment Management ,
Loan Agreements ,
Loans ,
No-Action Relief ,
Open-Ended Fund Companies (OFCs) ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Regulation S-X ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
TIC SHC is a mandatory benchmark study commissioned by the Treasury and administered by the FRBNY every five years.3 The survey reviews holdings of foreign portfolio securities – including short- and long-term securities and...more
11/23/2016
/ Benchmarks ,
ETFs ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Securities ,
FRBNY ,
Investment Management ,
Investment Trust Companies ,
Money Market Funds ,
Penalties ,
REIT ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Surveys ,
TIC SHC ,
U.S. Treasury
Earlier today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously adopted a new rule and amendments to certain rules and forms that will require registered open-end investment companies, including mutual funds and...more
10/14/2016
/ Amended Regulation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form N-PORT ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Management ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
New Regulations ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swing Pricing
In August 2014, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) will conduct a benchmark survey of foreign holdings of U.S. issuers’ securities on Treasury International Capital...more