News & Analysis as of

Investment Adviser Institutional Investors

Stark & Stark

Navigating the New Compliance Landscape: Understanding Rule 14Ad-1 and Form N-PX Filing

Stark & Stark on

New Rule 14Ad-1 takes effect on July 1, 2024, with filing of Form N-PX due on August 31, 2024, for votes during the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 reporting period. ...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Adopts New Short Position and Short Activity Reporting Requirements

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted a new short position and short activity disclosure requirement under Rule 13f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Under Rule 13f-2, an...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Hong Kong Regulators Update Guidance for Intermediaries’ Virtual Asset-related Activities

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Revamped SFC and HKMA guidance applies to intermediaries that distribute products or provide dealing, advisory, and asset management services related to virtual assets. On 20 October 2023, the Hong Kong Monetary...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Finalizes Amendments Governing Beneficial Ownership Reporting

Dechert LLP on

Revised deadlines for initial Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G filings: Schedule 13D: within five business days (rather than 10 calendar days) after crossing the 5% beneficial ownership threshold or losing eligibility to file...more

White & Case LLP

The INDEX Act: A challenge to the voting influence of institutional investors that may yield unintended consequences

White & Case LLP on

The Act's supporters say it would shift voting power from large investment advisers to individual investors, but the reality could be far more complex - The INDEX Act arrives at a moment of increasing resistance to ESG...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

A Summary of Certain Proxy Advisory Firm and Institutional Investor Board Diversity Policies

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

Institutional investors and proxy advisory firms continue to develop and refine their policies regarding board diversity. While gender diversity on public company boards has been in focus for some time now, institutional...more

BCLP

SEC amends proxy rules to address proxy voting advisors and issues guidance for investment advisers on use of automated voting...

BCLP on

On July 22, 2020, the SEC took action to address two aspects of the proxy voting process: (1) amending the proxy solicitation rules with respect to “proxy voting advice businesses” (PVABs or proxy advisory firms), such as ISS...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

FINRA Proposes Amendments to the Capital Acquisition Broker Rules

On Jan. 30, 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed amendments to the Capital Acquisition Broker (CAB) rules to expand the range of permitted activities for CABs and their associated persons. ...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments to the Advertising and Solicitation Rules

Dechert LLP on

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to Rule 206(4)-1 – Advertisements by Investment Advisers (Current Advertising Rule) and Rule 206(4)-3 – Cash Payments for Client Solicitations (Current...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: The battle over proxy advisory firms continues

Cooley LLP on

As discussed in prior posts, the role of proxy advisory firms has once again risen to the forefront as a sizzling corporate governance topic, just in time for the SEC Proxy Roundtable on November 15. In advance of the event,...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Is it time to regulate proxy advisory firms?

Cooley LLP on

The idea of regulating proxy advisory firms has been in the ether for quite some time, but it’s an idea that never quite comes to fruition. However, there seems to be a lot of chatter about this topic now, raising the...more

A&O Shearman

UK Competition Authority Updates Stakeholders on the Investment Consultants Market Investigation

A&O Shearman on

Following a market investigation reference from the Financial Conduct Authority in September 2017, the Competition and Markets Authority has published a progress report on the Investment Consultants Market Investigation that...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Emerging Private Fund Manager Guide for Raising Institutional Investor Capital

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Public and private pension plans, endowments, hedge funds and other institutional investors are investing trillions of dollars annually with alternative asset managers. Many of these fund managers are well-established with a...more

Dechert LLP

Launching a Hedge Fund in 2016: An Overview for US Managers

Dechert LLP on

Despite a challenging environment for the hedge fund industry, many institutional investors continue to allocate to hedge funds in a market environment otherwise devoid of promising investment opportunities. While the hedge...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

WilmerHale

FINRA Allows Use of Related Performance Information in Communications Regarding Mutual Funds with Financial Intermediaries and...

WilmerHale on

Overview and Background - On May 12, 2015, the staff of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA staff) issued an interpretive letter to Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC (Hartford Funds) that conditionally...more

16 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide