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SEC, FinCEN Propose CIP Rules for Investment Advisers

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The Proposed Rule would require registered investment advisers (RIAs) and exempt reporting advisers (ERAs) to establish, document and maintain written customer identification programs (CIPs). The Proposed Rule comes...more

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SEC Revamps and Enhances Data Protections with Amendments to Regulation S-P

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has announced the adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P (“Amendments”) to modernize and enhance the rules that govern the treatment of consumers’ nonpublic personal...more

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SEC adopts amendments to Regulation S-P to address risks associated with the expanded use of technology

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On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P (“Reg S-P”) that are intended to help protect investors’ privacy from the “expanded use of technology and corresponding...more

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New Privacy and Cybersecurity Obligations for Private Fund Sponsors and Managers

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission imposed expanded privacy and cybersecurity obligations on fund managers and sponsors registered with the SEC as investment advisers. While many registered investment advisers...more

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SEC Expands Scope of Fund “Names Rule”

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted significant changes to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Names Rule), as well as certain forms and disclosure requirements on September 20, 2023...more

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The SEC’s Private Fund Adviser Rules Explained — Part 1: The Restricted Activities Rule

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On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new and amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act), to address what it perceives as certain conflicts...more

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SEC Revisits Regulation S-P After Twenty Years of Innovation to Information Technology

On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released its proposal to amend Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information (the “Proposed...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Adopts Proxy Rule Amendments Relating to Proxy Voting Advice Businesses

On July 22, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), by a 3-1 vote, adopted amendments to the federal proxy rules relating to proxy voting advice businesses (proxy advisors). The amendments categorize the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - April 2020

This issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2019 and January 2020. ...more

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SEC Issues New Exemptive Order in Response to COVID-19

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On March 13, 2020, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an exemptive order providing relief from certain provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), to...more

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On Cybersecurity, Grab the Low-Hanging Fruit

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SEC Tells Firms to Stop Missing the Basics on Cybersecurity - The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) reported in a recent Risk Alert that many investment advisers and broker-dealers are failing to...more

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Form CRS: Implementation Considerations

What happened? On June 5, in a three-to-one vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a comprehensive package of rulemakings and interpretations governing the standard of conduct applicable to...more

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SEC Warns Registered Firms about Client Privacy and Data Security

• The SEC released a Risk Alert summarizing key areas in which it continues to see compliance deficiencies related to Regulation S-P, the primary SEC rule regarding privacy notices and safeguard policies of investment...more

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SEC Issues Risk Alert on Privacy Issues

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The SEC has again signaled that now is the time for investment advisers and broker-dealers to get serious about compliance with Reg. S-P. For years, the SEC’s examination priorities have included a focus on cybersecurity...more

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The SEC Released A Risk Alert On Reg S-P, a/k/a How To Avoid A $1 Million Penalty

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I am hardly saying that SEC Regulation S-P is the sexiest of regulations. I mean, has any customer is history actually read one of those exciting statement stuffers that discloses in some dense font a BD’s privacy policy?...more

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Yes, You Can Form A Broker-Dealer Without Running Afoul Of FINRA’s Outside Business Activities Rule

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It is not a wise career move for a registered rep to leave his broker-dealer – thereby abandoning his customers, and affording competitors the opportunity to make his customers their own – and then to begin the long,...more

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Georgia Court Rules that the Terms of Employment Agreements Trump the Broker Protocol

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On June 27th, the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia issued an opinion in HA&W Capital Partners LLC et al v. Bhandari et al that will have significant implications for Georgia-based investment advisers and potentially...more

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SEC Adopts New Rule to Allow Internet Availability of Investment Company Shareholder Reports

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) has adopted new Rule 30e-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act)1 that provides an optional “notice and access” method to allow certain registered...more

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Tenth Circuit Upholds DOL’s Authority to Impose New Conditions for PTEs and Leaves Door Open for Changes to Fiduciary Rule

The Tenth Circuit recently affirmed the Department of Labor’s authority to impose new conditions for exemption from prohibited transaction rules with respect to the sale of annuity contracts. The case related to the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Registered Firms: Annual Compliance Obligations—What You Need To Know

This alert contains a summary of the primary annual and periodic compliance-related obligations that may apply to investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or with a particular...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Policyholder Observer

Encryption Flaw "Heartbleed" Creates Data Risk: How Insurance Can Stanch the Bleeding - In early April, news broke of an encryption flaw named “Heartbleed” that exposed companies to data breaches for over two and one...more

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Reminder: Renewal and Notice Filing Fees for Investment Advisers Due by December 13

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As a reminder, investment advisers who are subject to any state registration, renewal or notice filing fees must fund their IARD accounts by this Friday, December 13 in order to cover such fees. This deadline applies to the...more

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