The Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2022 proposed significant revisions to its rules governing open-end investment company liquidity risk management and swing pricing. The proposal would also update related...more
11/4/2022
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Swing Pricing
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2020 adopted a long-anticipated rule for the fair valuation of fund investments. Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (final rule or rule): defines...more
On December 3, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a long-anticipated rule for the fair valuation of fund investments. Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (final rule) establishes...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2020 proposed a long-anticipated framework for fair valuation of fund investments. Proposed Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 would establish...more
5/26/2020
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On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a long-anticipated framework for valuation of fund investments. Proposed Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 would establish requirements...more
4/26/2020
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On April 6, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted the request of Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (CBOE) to change BZX Rule 14.11(1).This will accelerate approval of Exchange-Traded Fund shares and series of ETF shares...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain standardized conditions to operate without first obtaining...more
10/24/2019
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain standardized conditions to operate without first obtaining...more
10/21/2019
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Stock Redemption
Yesterday (September 26, 2019), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the adoption of Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain...more
9/28/2019
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Updated Forms
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2019 issued the first exemptive order permitting the operation of actively managed exchange-traded funds that do not disclose their full holdings on a daily basis...more
As set forth in the Incoming Letter, during the past year certain constituents of large-capitalization U.S. equity growth broad-based indices (namely, certain technology-related companies) had grown to represent more than 5%...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2018 proposed Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, together with certain form amendments, which would allow most exchange-traded funds to operate without...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to simplify and modernize the regulatory framework governing exchange-traded funds and enhance information to investors about the costs of purchasing ETF shares. If adopted,...more
Yesterday (June 28, 2018), at an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (Meeting), the SEC unanimously voted to issue a proposed rule and form amendments (Proposal) that would allow certain...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on March 15, 2018 issued an opinion (Opinion) vacating the Department of Labor (DOL) fiduciary rule and related applicable exemptions. The DOL had promulgated the rule and...more
4/18/2018
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In a Guidance Update published on December 15, 2016, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management (Staff) articulated its views as to certain disclosure issues and...more
12/23/2016
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued in April 2016 the final version of its controversial “investment advice” regulation and various related exemptions (collectively, Final Rules), which are widely expected to have a...more
11/18/2016
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued the final version of its “fiduciary investment advice” regulation (Final Rule) on April 6, 2016, following a lengthy proposal and re-proposal process. Although the Final Rule reflects...more
10/25/2016
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The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) on April 6, 2016 released the final version of its “investment advice” regulation and accompanying prohibited transaction exemptions, a highly-anticipated milestone that is the...more
5/27/2016
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently issued an Order Instituting Proceedings (“Order”) against the administrator and compliance services provider, as well as current and former members of the boards of...more