News & Analysis as of

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Disaster Preparedness

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Translating SEC Exam Priorities Into Compliance Action Items

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

On March 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced its examination priorities for 2021, providing a much-anticipated glimpse into the Biden administration's overall priorities for white collar criminal...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC Issues Guidance on Business Continuity Planning for Registered Investment Companies

On June 27, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (Commission or SEC) Division of Investment Management (IM) issued a Guidance Update on business continuity planning for registered investment companies...more

WilmerHale

SEC Proposes New Requirement for Business Continuity Plans for Investment Advisers

WilmerHale on

On June 28, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a rule that would require all SEC-registered investment advisers to adopt and implement a business continuity and transition plan (“BCP”). The BCP...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Proposes Rule Requiring Registered Advisers to Adopt Business Continuity and Transition Plans

Proskauer Rose LLP on

On June 28, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new Rule 206(4)-4 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) that would require registered investment advisers to adopt and implement...more

Dechert LLP

It’s Time to Revisit Business Continuity Planning: What Works and What Does Not Work

Dechert LLP on

Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and other U.S. financial regulators (collectively, “Regulators”) issued important guidance related to the need for industry participants to maintain business continuity...more

Foley Hoag LLP

SEC Issues National Exam Program Risk Alert Regarding Investment Advisers’ Business Continuity Plans

Foley Hoag LLP on

On August 27, 2013, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert (the “Risk Alert”) resulting from its review of the...more

Goodwin

SEC Exam Review Prompts Risk Alert on Adviser Business Continuity Plans

Goodwin on

Prompted by wide-ranging damage and the disruptions to the capital markets caused by Hurricane Sandy, the SEC’s National Examination Program (“NEP”) reviewed the business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans...more

BakerHostetler

Regulators Issue Joint Guidance on Business Continuity Planning

BakerHostetler on

Last Friday, the SEC, FINRA and CFTC issued joint guidance (Joint Guidance) on the "best practices and lessons learned" from their review of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of firms as a result of the...more

8 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