Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more
9/11/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more
6/7/2024
/ AML/CFT ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Customer Information ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Investment Adviser ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Regulation S-P ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more
5/9/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Books & Records ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FinCEN ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investors ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Proposed Rules ,
PTEs ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retirement Plan ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Technology
Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the previous month that are of interest to...more
On August 23, 2023, a divided Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted far-reaching new rules and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Advisers Act). While the final rules are not as...more
In a Legal Alert issued before yesterday’s SEC Open Meeting, we posed questions relating to six things that our Investment Services team would be looking for. We now have answers to some of those questions....more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is holding an open meeting this Wednesday, August 23, to consider whether to adopt proposed rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that, if adopted as proposed, would...more
8/22/2023
/ Audits ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Fees ,
Financial Statements ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Private Funds ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted, on a 3-2 vote, amendments to Form PF requiring certain current event reporting for Large Hedge Fund Advisers (as defined below), certain quarterly...more
On February 15, 2022 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed sweeping changes to Rule 206(4)-2 (the Custody Rule) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act), which would be redesignated as Rule...more
Now that the dust has settled on the SEC’s enforcement action against fifteen (15) broker-dealers and an investment adviser for violations of SEC recordkeeping rules applicable to the use of personal devices and off-channel...more
On September 27, 2022, 15 broker-dealers and one investment adviser agreed to pay more than $1.8 billion in total civil penalties to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and, for those same companies or affiliates...more
10/5/2022
/ Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electronic Communications ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
Investment Adviser ,
New Guidance ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swap Dealers ,
Swaps ,
Text Messages
In recent years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sought to address controversy regarding the proxy voting system and the influence of proxy advisory firms such as Glass, Lewis & Co. and Institutional...more
As anticipated, 2020 has seen a number of fiduciary and best interest advice regulations advance at both the federal and state levels. Firms subject to these regulations face challenges in dealing with rules that impose a...more
4/17/2020
/ Best Interest Standard ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Securities Regulators
On March 13, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a temporary order (the Order) providing conditional exemptive relief to investment advisers registered with the SEC (RIAs) and exempt reporting advisers...more
In this Bottom Line videocast, Issa Hanna and Pooja Kohli discuss what to expect in 2020 on standard of conduct developments for broker-dealers and investment advisers, including:
Anticipated developments relating to the...more
2/20/2020
/ Asset Management ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Duty of Care ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Investment Management ,
Regulation Best Interest ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
Form ADV update season is now upon us, and as many investment advisers work toward the quickly approaching filing deadline, they will also have to grapple with a regulatory environment that is putting even more pressure on...more
On August 21, 2019, in a 3-2 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted in favor of publishing guidance (guidance) regarding the proxy voting responsibilities of investment advisers (IAs). The guidance,...more
As anticipated, this year has seen a number of fiduciary and best interest investment advice regulations advance at both the federal and state levels. Firms subject to these regulations will face challenges in dealing with...more
What happened?
On June 5, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Regulation Best Interest (Reg. BI), a new rule establishing a “best interest” standard of conduct for broker dealers and their natural...more
7/15/2019
/ Best Interest Standard ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Duty of Care ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Admittedly, it is not one of those “Do you remember where you were when it happened?” moments (for those old enough to remember, think November 16, 1981, when Luke and Laura married), but for the broker-dealer and investment...more
By all accounts, 2019 will see a number of fiduciary and best interest investment advice regulations advance at both the federal and state levels. Firms subject to these regulations will face challenges in dealing with rules...more
5/21/2019
/ Best Interest Standard ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
By all accounts, 2019 will see the advancement of a number of fiduciary and best interest investment advice regulations at both the federal and state levels. Firms subject to these regulations will face challenges in dealing...more
4/2/2019
/ Best Interest Standard ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Broker-dealers selling annuity products in New York will soon need to comply with new best interest requirements imposed by New York’s amended Insurance Regulation 187. These requirements, which will take effect for annuities...more
On August 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted amendments to Form ADV Part 1 that will require SEC-registered investment advisers to provide a significant amount of new information. The SEC adopted...more