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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Boards of Directors; Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (“Staff”) has published a new report entitled...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Boards of Directors; Investment Advisers - Quick Take: Guinness Atkinson Funds, with the counsel of Seward & Kissel, has submitted an application seeking an exemptive...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies - Quick Take: The staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (Staff) recently issued responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) covering the SEC’s...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies, SPACs, Investment Advisers Quick Take: Following a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules to enhance disclosure and provide additional investor protections in IPOs by...more
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations announced its examination priorities for fiscal year 2024 on October 16, 2023. The timing of the announcement is significant because it is the...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies, Boards of Directors, Transfer Agents. Quick Take: The SEC recently settled charges with a registered transfer agent for failing to take reasonable steps to find...more
On February 2, 2023, the Division of Investment Management Staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a Staff Bulletin regarding fee waiver and expense reimbursement practices for investment...more
On September 29, 2022, the members of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) and of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) announced that they have approved the amalgamation of their...more
We have recently seen a rise in the number of retirement plans exiting mutual funds in favor of collective investment trusts (CITs). Often the transition is simply a change in structure—that is, moving from the same...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2020 unanimously approved proposed rule and form amendments (Proposed Rule) that would comprehensively revise and update the disclosure framework for mutual funds and...more
On August 5, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and to the advertising rules applicable to investment companies...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more
Die Hauptmerkmale der Immobilienfonds in Luxemburg und ein Vergleich mit Deutschland werden erläutert. Die Grundlagen der Besteuerung deutscher Immobilienfonds werden ebenfalls erörtert....more
The main features of the real estate funds in Luxembourg and a comparison with Germany are explained. The basics of taxing German real estate funds are also discussed....more
Erläutert werden die Rollen und Funktionen von KVG, Verwahrstelle, BaFin, Bewertern, Anlageausschüssen u. a. Beteiligten am Fondsgeschäft. Zudem werden die Möglichkeiten der Auslagerung besprochen....more
The roles and functions of the KVG, depositary, BaFin, valuers, investment committees and others involved in fund business are explained. The options for outsourcing are also discussed....more
Erläutert werden Grundprinzipien von Investmentfonds sowie ein Überblick über die deutschen Immobilienfonds. Besonderheiten, Vor- und Nachteile von offenen und geschlossenen Fonds, Publikums- und Spezialfonds sowie...more
Basic principles of investment funds and an overview of German real estate funds are explained. Special features, advantages and disadvantages of open and closed funds, mutual and special funds as well as special funds and...more
In the inaugural issue of Investment Management Update, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from February 2019 to May 2019 impacting the investment management sector....more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – NEW RULES – SEC Adopts New Rules Permitting Covered Investment Fund Research Reports – On November 30, 2018, the SEC adopted Rule 139b under the Securities Act of...more
New York Pushes Mutual Fund Active Share Disclosure - New York’s Attorney General issued a report on its recent investigation of fees charged by actively managed equity mutual funds and a metric known as “Active Share.”...more
• The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), which engendered substantial bipartisan support and was recently signed into law by President Donald Trump, amends parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Cryptocurrency-related Holdings - On January 18, 2018, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment...more
New Rules, Propsed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Extends No-Action Relief on Auditor Independence and the “Loan Provision” - On September 22, 2017, the staff of the SEC’s...more
Executive Summary - The Morgan Lewis Year in Review highlights key US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) enforcement developments and...more