Regulatory shifts are creating new opportunities in exchange-traded products and public capital markets for digital asset companies....more
4/22/2025
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Capital Markets ,
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Trump Administration
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments that will expand quarterly disclosure of share repurchases in Form 10-Q quarterly reports and Form 10-K annual reports filed by domestic operating companies....more
5/9/2023
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Corporate Governance ,
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Form 20-F ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Share Buybacks ,
Stock Repurchases ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
On February 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rulemaking (the Proposal) that would transform existing Rule 206(4)-2 (the Custody Rule) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the...more
As we have previously discussed, the SEC’s Fall 2022 “Reg Flex” Agenda charts the agency’s planned rulemaking through Q1 2023. Among this ambitious and wide-reaching agenda are two important final rulemakings concerning the...more
2/14/2023
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CFTC ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Major Swap Participants ,
Proposed Rules ,
SBS Entities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
Swap Dealers ,
Swaps
On March 15, 2021, ISDA published the ISDA 2021 Security-Based Swaps (SBS) Top-Up Protocol (the SBS Top-Up Protocol). The SBS Top-Up Protocol enables SBS dealers (SBSDs) and other market participants to comply with certain...more
On October 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 18f-4 (the “Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and amended related rules designed to provide a modernized,...more
11/25/2020
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Broker-Dealer ,
Derivatives ,
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Internal Reporting ,
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Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Mutual Funds ,
New Regulations ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Registered Funds ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Repurchase Agreements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Rule 18f-4 ,
Rule 6c-11 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Transactions ,
Stress Tests
Speaking at the International Blockchain Congress in Chicago on February 6, 2020, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a safe harbor from U.S. securities laws so that developers of blockchain protocols could offer and sell...more
2/19/2020
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Blockchain ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
EDGAR ,
Exemptions ,
Howey ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Issuer Exemption ,
Notice Requirements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulation A ,
Regulation D ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Token Sales