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MiFID II and the U.S. Investment Adviser Regime

The issue of how firms should pay for investment research continues to be a controversial topic in the financial markets. The U.S. has maintained the approach it adopted before the mid-2000s, which is to permit investment...more

MiFID II: An Update on the Rules for Unbundling of Research

The issue of how investment research should be paid for by investors is controversial, long-standing and seemingly perennially the subject of legislative iterations, failure and unintended consequence and more reform. Before...more

SEC’s Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert Regarding MNPI-Related Compliance Issues for Investment Advisers

On April 26, 2022, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Risk Alert listing notable examples of deficiencies that its staff has identified regarding investment...more

SEC Proposes to Increase Form 13F Reporting Threshold

Proposed Amendments to Form 13F Would Increase the Reporting Threshold from $100 Million to $3.5 Billion, Among Other Changes On July 10, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a proposed rule (the...more

SEC Issues Risk Alert Identifying Deficiencies of Private Fund Advisers

On June 23, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert (the “Risk Alert”) highlighting several problem areas that it has identified...more

SEC Proposes Rule for Funds in Making Good-Faith Fair Value Determinations

On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Securities Commission (the “SEC”) proposed a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) to govern the valuation practices and the role of boards of directors regarding the...more

Updated: SEC Extends Temporary Exemptions From Form ADV And Form PF Filing And Delivery Requirements

In an Order dated March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission offered an exemption to investment advisers that are confronting COVID-19-related disruptions with respect to certain filing obligations. The Order...more

UPDATED: SEC Extends Sweeping Temporary Exemptions Granted to Funds to Comply with Voting, Reporting and Prospectus Delivery...

In an Order dated March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission extended the exemptions offered to investment companies, business development companies (BDCs) and investment advisers grappling with challenges to the...more

SEC Emergency Order Bolsters Fund Liquidity by Expanding Ability to Borrow From Affiliates, Enter Into Interfund Lending...

In response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, the Securities and Exchange Commission took extraordinary action to bolster liquidity for registered investment companies through at least June 30, 2020. In an...more

SEC Proposes Solicitation Rule Amendments

On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to rules governing investment adviser advertisements and payment to solicitors under the Investment Advisers Act. The comment period...more

SEC To Overhaul Investment Adviser Advertising Rule

Two facts may come as a surprise about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s existing investment adviser advertising rule: that it literally fits on one page, and that it has not been updated since 1961. These facts...more

SEC Adopts Interpretive Guidance on Investment Adviser Fiduciary Duty

On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released a long-anticipated interpretation of investment adviser fiduciary duty under Section 206 of the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“the Advisers...more

SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Announces 2019 Examination Priorities

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued its examination priorities for 2019. In it, OCIE points out that its examination program covers some 13,200...more

OCIE Highlights Investment Adviser Compliance Issues Related to the Cash Solicitation Rule

In a new Risk Alert, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) highlighted common compliance issues involving Rule 206(4)-3 under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, otherwise...more

SEC Adopts New Disclosure and Recordkeeping Requirements for Investment Advisers

In May 2015, we reported on proposals by the Securities and Exchange Commission to expand public disclosures by registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) of various aspects of their separately managed accounts (“SMA”)...more

SEC Proposes New Rule Requiring Investment Advisers to Adopt Business Continuity and Transition Plans Issues Guidance on Business...

A rule proposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 would require SEC-registered investment advisers to adopt and implement written business continuity and transition plans...more

SEC To Increase Qualified Client Net Worth Threshold

Every five years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is required to adjust for inflation the agency’s dollar-based qualification tests for when an SEC-registered investment adviser can receive compensation based on...more

The DOL’s New Fiduciary Rule: The Thin Line Between Education and Advice

Following the release in 2015 of the US Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule, many commentators feared that communications that had previously been characterized as “investment education” would now constitute...more

The DOL’s New Fiduciary Rule: The Details on Disclosure

As discussed in our publication dated April 14, 2016, the final Department of Labor fiduciary rule provides for two new prohibited transaction exemptions, the Best Interest Contract Exemption (the “BIC Exemption”) and the...more

The US Department of Labor’s Final “Fiduciary” Rule Incorporates Concessions to Financial Service Industry but Still Poses Key...

The Rule Will Require Restructuring of Pay and Compliance Policies at Financial Institutions Serving Retail Retirement Clients The Rule Also Increases the Litigation Risks to Financial Institutions Associated with...more

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Anti-Money Laundering Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for...

On August 25, 2015, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), the bureau of the Department of the Treasury with principal responsibility for implementing anti-money laundering rules and regulations, issued a...more

SEC Issues Proposed Investment Adviser Reporting and Disclosure Rules

In the wake of the financial crisis, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted detailed data reporting rules for private funds on both Form ADV (2010) and Form PF (2011). In its continuing push to gather more asset...more

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