The Securities and Exchange Commission, by a vote of three-to-two, on December 15, 2021, proposed amendments (Proposed Amendments) to Rule 2a-7 and other rules that govern money market funds (money funds) under the Investment...more
1/19/2022
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Interest Rates ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Liquidity Fees ,
Money Market Funds ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Swing Pricing
On December 15, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission, by a party-line vote of three-to-two, proposed for public comment amendments (Proposed Amendments) to Rule 2a-7 and other rules that govern money market funds...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 26, 2019 voted to adopt a new rule that extends the "test-the-waters" accommodation under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) to all issuers.1 The new Rule...more
10/9/2019
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BDC ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Exemptions ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Institutional Investors ,
JOBS Act ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Qualified Institutional Buyers ,
Regulation FD ,
Rule 163B ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Testing-the-Waters Communications
In connection with the public roundtable on the proxy voting process (Roundtable) held by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2018, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (IM...more
12/19/2018
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Corporate Governance ,
Due Diligence ,
Glass Lewis ,
Influencers ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
No-Action Letters ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Proxy Advisory Firms ,
Proxy Voting ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Roundtable ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Withdrawal
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) has unanimously adopted new rules and rule amendments to require registered open-end investment companies (including exchange traded funds and exchange-traded...more
Divisions of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on August 8, 2016 issued letters restricting futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) from investing in money market...more
9/15/2016
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Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
DSIO ,
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
Investment ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Money Market Funds ,
No-Action Letters ,
Rule 2a-7 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stock Redemption
Six U.S. federal agencies in late April and May revised and re-proposed rules that were originally proposed in 2011, to govern the incentive compensation practices at financial institutions with consolidated assets of at...more