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The Corporate Transparency Act: What Family Offices Need to Know

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Family offices routinely create, manage, and invest in multiple entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. For entities formed or operating in the United States, there has never been a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Family Offices Receive Increased Regulatory Scrutiny

The recent defaults by Archegos caused several large broker-dealers to incur significant losses. Archegos represented that it operated as a single-family office, which made it exempt from many provisions of the federal...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The SEC Clarifies Status of Institutional Family Offices for Purposes of Regulation Best Interest

Recently, staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a no-action letter stating that they would not regard "Institutional Family Offices" as retail customers of broker-dealers for purposes of broker-dealers'...more

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SEC Staff Issues No-Action Relief to Broker-Dealers From Reg BI and Form CRS Obligations Related to Certain Family Offices

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The no-action relief applies to family offices with at least US$50 million in total assets (Institutional Family Offices) and requires broker-dealers seeking to rely on the relief to establish and maintain specific additional...more

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Reg BI Has Broader Scope Than Many Think

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Some key areas for brokers to assess in determining whether they’re subject to the new rules as implementation date approaches. The June 30, 2020 implementation date of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

January 1 Effective Date for FINRA IPO Allocation Rules Changes

On December 19, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) adopted amendments to Rules 5130 and 5131 (the “New Issues Rules”) to permit allocations of initial public offering (IPO) profits to certain...more

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Amended FINRA IPO Allocation Rules to Take Effect on January 1, 2020

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On July 26, 2019, FINRA announced proposed changes to FINRA Rule 5130 (Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings) and FINRA Rule 5131 (New Issue Allocations and Distributions) to exempt...more

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Family Offices Included as ‘Investment Advisers’ Under IPO Allocation Rule 5131(b)

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On May 9, 2017, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) issued an interpretive letter (the “Letter”) regarding its IPO allocation rule 5131(b) and its exception 5131.02(b) (the “IPO Allocation Rule”, or...more

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Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - January 2015

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Editor’s Note: FINRA Rulemaking: In this issue we report on three recent FINRA rule amendments. The first amends the NASD rule on the use of customer account statements to require that member firms use more accurate...more

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