Cybersecurity in the investment management industry
The securities law disclosure framework has evolved to encourage; companies acting in good faith to disseminate relevant projections pertaining to their businesses to the general public "without fear of open-ended liability."...more
If U.S. congressional leaders are unable to resolve the current federal budget standoff, it is expected that much of the federal government, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), would shut down soon...more
On September 27, 2023, the Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an announcement about its anticipated operations in the event of a potential government...more
SEC Adopts Amendments to Extend Filing Deadline for Form 144 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. On February 21, 2023, the Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted amendments to Regulation S-T to extend the deadline...more
On June 2, 2022 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule amendments that will require all Forms 144 to be filed electronically on EDGAR, rather than mailing a traditional paper filing or utilizing the option...more
The SEC’s amendments mandate electronic filing of Form 144 and certain other documents, providing investors with more immediate access to information. Individuals who wish to sell restricted securities that will require...more
On 22 December 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed various amendments to Rule 144, including changes related to the filing of Form 144. The proposed amendments also include a minor change to Forms...more
On Nov. 17, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of final rules amending Rule 302 of Regulation S-T to permit the use of electronic signatures, along with conforming changes to...more
On Nov. 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) adopted new rules to permit the use of electronic signatures in signature authentication documents in connection with certain filings with the...more
On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt amendments to Regulation S-T and the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) Filer Manual (EDGAR Filer Manual) to...more
On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T (Rule 302(b)), which permits registrants and others to use electronic signatures in documents...more
Speaking at the International Blockchain Congress in Chicago on February 6, 2020, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a safe harbor from U.S. securities laws so that developers of blockchain protocols could offer and sell...more
U.S. Developments - VanEck and SolidX to Offer Bitcoin ETF to Qualified Institutional Buyers - On September 3, 2019, VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management LLC announced that they are seeking to use Rule 144A of...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2019 proposed a package of reforms to the securities registration, offering and communications requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, applicable to business...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted rule amendments to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K and related SEC rules and forms under the Securities Act of 1933, as...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission finalized amendments to its regulations to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisors and investment companies, consistent with the...more
With the government partially shut down, the SEC is following its operations plan during a shutdown, which entails an extremely limited number of staff members available to respond to emergency situations involving market...more
Beginning July 10, 2017, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will permit all companies to submit draft registration statements relating to initial public offerings (IPOs) for...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules requiring hyperlinking of exhibits to SEC filings will be effective for most public companies on September 1, 2017. This update summarizes the final rules, answers the top...more
Beginning September 1, 2017, rules adopted in March 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require companies to include active hyperlinks to exhibits in most reports filed with the SEC under the Securities...more
On June 29, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC“) announced that it would begin to allow issuers to file draft initial registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act“) on a...more
Last week, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that, beginning on July 10, 2017, the SEC will accept voluntary draft registration submissions from all issuers for nonpublic review. This...more
On June 29, Corp Fin announced that it was extending the process for confidential submission of draft registration statements, currently available only for IPOs of emerging growth companies, to IPOs of companies that are not...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on June 29, 2017, that the staff (staff) of the Division of Corporation Finance will accept draft registration statement submissions from all companies for nonpublic...more
On June 29, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) will permit all companies to submit draft registration statements relating to initial...more