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SEC Revamps and Enhances Data Protections with Amendments to Regulation S-P

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has announced the adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P (“Amendments”) to modernize and enhance the rules that govern the treatment of consumers’ nonpublic personal...more

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SEC adopts amendments to Regulation S-P to address risks associated with the expanded use of technology

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On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P (“Reg S-P”) that are intended to help protect investors’ privacy from the “expanded use of technology and corresponding...more

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SEC Amends Regulation S-P to Require Data Breach Notifications and Additional Written Policies

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On May 16, 2024, the SEC amended Regulation S-P to impose new data privacy and security requirements on broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, investment companies (whether or not they are registered with the SEC),...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: May 1, 2022

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. ...more

Carlton Fields

On Cybersecurity, Grab the Low-Hanging Fruit

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SEC Tells Firms to Stop Missing the Basics on Cybersecurity - The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) reported in a recent Risk Alert that many investment advisers and broker-dealers are failing to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Form CRS: Implementation Considerations

What happened? On June 5, in a three-to-one vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a comprehensive package of rulemakings and interpretations governing the standard of conduct applicable to...more

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CFTC Adopts Additional Exemptions From Annual Privacy Notice Delivery Requirement

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On April 19, 2019, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved a final rule revising the annual privacy notice delivery requirements applicable to CFTC registered commodity trading advisors, commodity pool...more

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SEC Warns Registered Firms about Client Privacy and Data Security

• The SEC released a Risk Alert summarizing key areas in which it continues to see compliance deficiencies related to Regulation S-P, the primary SEC rule regarding privacy notices and safeguard policies of investment...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Issues Risk Alert on Privacy Issues

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The SEC has again signaled that now is the time for investment advisers and broker-dealers to get serious about compliance with Reg. S-P. For years, the SEC’s examination priorities have included a focus on cybersecurity...more

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The SEC Released A Risk Alert On Reg S-P, a/k/a How To Avoid A $1 Million Penalty

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I am hardly saying that SEC Regulation S-P is the sexiest of regulations. I mean, has any customer is history actually read one of those exciting statement stuffers that discloses in some dense font a BD’s privacy policy?...more

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SEC: Practice What You Preach on Privacy

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One of the most common things we discuss with clients is the need to ensure that privacy policies accurately reflect the actual procedures in place for handling confidential information. The SEC reiterated that point last...more

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Is FINRA’s New Regulatory Notice On Departing Reps A Unicorn?

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FINRA came out with a slightly weird Regulatory Notice last week. In a succinct document, barely over two pages, FINRA addressed something that may, or may not, actually be of concern to anyone. In short, Regulatory Notice...more

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Yes, You Can Form A Broker-Dealer Without Running Afoul Of FINRA’s Outside Business Activities Rule

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It is not a wise career move for a registered rep to leave his broker-dealer – thereby abandoning his customers, and affording competitors the opportunity to make his customers their own – and then to begin the long,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Registered Firms: Annual Compliance Obligations—What You Need To Know

This alert contains a summary of the primary annual and periodic compliance-related obligations that may apply to investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or with a particular...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Bulk Transfers of Accounts in Broker-Dealer M&A: Regulatory Developments"

The volume of acquisitions involving broker-dealer firms continues to increase as the industry experiences further consolidation and realignment. In 2015, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed a rule...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

HSR Enforcement Continues Swiftly: $240K Settlement Announced with FTC for Failure to File

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On the heels of the FTC's recent HSR passive investor exemption enforcement action comes another reminder that HSR compliance is not always clear, and that it is not always easy. The Federal Trade Commission has announced a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes Securities-Based Swap Recordkeeping, Reporting and Notification Requirements

On May 2, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)published in the Federal Register proposed regulations1 that would implement the recordkeeping, reporting and notification requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...more

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California Finders Bill Moves To Senate on 73-1 Vote

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Yesterday, I wrote about a recent no-action letter issued by the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets with respect to “M&A Brokers”. Here in California, the legislature is considering a bill, AB 713 (Wagner) that would...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Amendments to SEC Rules Regarding Broker Dealer Financial Responsibility and Reporting Requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the financial responsibility requirements for broker dealers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) designed to safeguard customer securities and...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Issues Final Rules On Audits Of Broker-Dealers

The SEC has amended certain broker-dealer annual reporting, audit, and notification requirements. ...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

Please Mr. Postman: FINRA Cracks Down on Late Prospectus Delivery

FINRA has been engaged in a “stealth sweep” of firms’ untimely deliveries of mutual fund and ETF prospectuses that has resulted in formal disciplinary proceedings against twelve firms since 2011, and a total of over $5...more

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