Podcast: Common Risks and Challenges in Running a Global Ethics & Compliance Program
On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted several amendments and new disclosure requirements to address what it viewed as potentially abusive practices associated with Rule 10b5-1 plans,...more
On May 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) introduced a proposal to amend certain rules and forms under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) to require investment advisers and...more
On April 26, 2022, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) issued a risk alert flagging certain notable deficiencies that it has observed related to advisers’ potential misuse of material non-public information (MNPI) in...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert entitled Observations from Examinations of Investment Advisers Managing Private Funds (the “Alert”). The...more
On March 23, the SEC Division of Enforcement (Enforcement) issued a public statement bluntly warning issuers and insiders connected to them, along with broker-dealers and investment advisers, about the unique risks of insider...more
SEC Proposes to Update Accredited Investor Definition to Increase Access to Investments - On December 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” in...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations on November 7, 2019 issued a Risk Alert in which the OCIE staff (Staff) discussed “the most often cited deficiencies and weaknesses”...more
In a Risk Alert dated November 7, 2019, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations reminded investment company advisers and boards that examiners are looking carefully at how firms approach and document the...more
On May 9, 2019, Telefônica Brasil agreed to pay a US$4.13 million civil fine to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges for violations of the internal accounting controls and recordkeeping provisions of the...more
Only one month after releasing its exam priorities for this year, on February 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published a Risk Alert describing...more
In Retail Wholesale & Department Store Union Local 338 Retirement Fund v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 955 (9th Cir. Jan. 19, 2017), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed for the...more