Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – FinTech initiatives
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Investment company developments
An Overview of the SEC’s Recently Adopted Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Rule
In April 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved rule change proposals of the three primary listing exchanges for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The new rules extend automatic listing to all ETFs that are...more
On April 6, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted the request of Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (CBOE) to change BZX Rule 14.11(1).This will accelerate approval of Exchange-Traded Fund shares and series of ETF shares...more
In Jensen v. iShares Trust, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 61 (Cal. App. Jan. 23, 2020), a rare state court decision addressing claims under the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”), the California Court of Appeal rejected...more
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
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
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
On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted a final rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”) that will enable most exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) to...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain standardized conditions to operate without first obtaining...more
On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a new rule to modernize the regulation of most exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Rule 6c-11 (the “Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as...more
On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 6c-11 (the “Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the long-awaited “ETF Rule.” ETFs that satisfy certain...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a long-awaited exemptive rule that will allow most exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to operate without an exemptive order, subject to various conditions. The final rule, which the...more
SEC ADOPTS LONG AWAITED ETF RULE TO MODERNIZE ETF REGULATION - On September 25, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or “SEC”) approved Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as...more
Yesterday (September 26, 2019), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the adoption of Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain...more
After 26 years and the issuance of over 300 exemptive orders, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission), through the rulemaking process, is seeking to simplify and streamline the regulatory process for new...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission took a step toward streamlining the approval process for actively managed ETFs last week by approving rule proposals from two securities exchanges....more
The SEC recently published myriad questions about the listing, trading, and marketing (especially to retail investors) of "new, novel, or complex" exchange-traded products (ETPs). Such ETPs include exchange-traded funds...more