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Carlton Fields

A New Beginning for Fund Derivative Regulation

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SEC Replaces Rather than Revises - In late October, the SEC approved a wholesale replacement for the patchwork of interpretive and no-action positions it had developed over more than 40 years to regulate fund use of...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Adopts New Rules on Investment Company Use of Derivatives

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he U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently adopted new rules and rule and form amendments under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) relating to, among other things, use of derivatives and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

What are DRMs and do you need one? SEC adopts framework for derivatives use by registered funds and BDCs

On October 28, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt Rule 18f-4 (the Final Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), which establishes a comprehensive framework...more

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SEC Adopts Derivatives Overhaul for Funds

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On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) finalized Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act, a new rule designed to provide an updated and comprehensive framework for the use of derivatives by...more

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SEC Re-Proposes New Rule Governing Funds’ Use of Derivatives

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On November 25, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) re-proposed a new exemptive rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)—Rule 18f-4 (the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Re-Proposes Regulations Governing the Use of Derivatives and Other Transactions by Registered Funds and BDCs

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") recently proposed a revised version of new Rule 18f-4 (the "Proposed Rule") under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), which it originally...more

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SEC Re-Proposes Investment Company Derivatives Rule under the Investment Company Act

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) re-proposed on November 25, 2019 rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) relating to, among other things, use by investment companies of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Re-Proposes Exemptive Rule Relating to the Use of Derivatives by Registered Funds

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On Nov. 25, 2019 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose a new rule, under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), designed to modernize the way the SEC regulates the use of derivatives by...more

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SEC Proposes New Rules and Amendments to Update the Approach to the Regulation of Funds’ Use of Derivatives and Other Transactions

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2019 approved for publication a three-part rule proposal related to the use of derivatives and certain other transactions by registered investment companies (i.e.,...more

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Treasury Report Addresses Regulatory Approaches Affecting Investment Companies and Their Advisers

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As required by President Trump’s Executive Order 13772, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a report, “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities, Asset Management and Insurance,” addressing the regulatory...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC Proposes Rule Related to Use of Derivatives and Financial Commitment Transactions by Regulated Funds

In December 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed a new Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) that would, if adopted, affect the ability of mutual funds, exchange-traded...more

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