The SEC now permits public marketing of private placements, without burdensome investor wealth verification requirements, if the investment is big enough. On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more
SFDR and Asset Allocators. The European Green Deal declared climate change and environmental degradation as existential threats to Europe and the world. The European Union (EU) has set out to mobilize private financial...more
12/12/2022
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On May 11, the SEC Staff issued a statement to investors, encouraging them to be cautious of mutual funds that invest in Bitcoin futures. The Staff also took the opportunity to note that the Division of Economic and Risk...more
In a sign of the times, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations is now including document requests relating to ESG, SRI, Impact, responsible, sustainable, green, ethical, impact or good governance...more
Three recent developments in relation to ESG related disclosures are of note: (1) on March 10th, the US Department of Labor announced it would not enforce its own rules related to ESG investing, (2) on the same day the EU’s...more
3/16/2021
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