The staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (the Staff) has published FAQs regarding amended Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Amended Names Rule). The new FAQs, published on January 8,...more
On September 20, 2023, during its first in-person open meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (the Amendments) to the Names Rule under Section 35(d) of the...more
On December 15, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted (three-two) to propose amendments to rules regulating money market funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are designed to increase the...more
On September 29, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Form N-PX to provide greater transparency to the information registered management investment companies (Funds) report about...more
On January 13, 2021, President Trump amended the November 12, 2020, Executive Order (EO) 13959 providing greater clarity to the scope of the EO’s ban on trading and investing in certain designated publicly traded securities...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted on October 7, 2020 Rule 12d1-4 (final rule) and other amendments under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act), which streamline and enhance the...more
On May 27, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management (Division) issued a no-action letter (the Letter) that confirmed that registered open-end and closed-end investment companies...more
In April 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved rule change proposals of the three primary listing exchanges for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The new rules extend automatic listing to all ETFs that are...more
As investment companies face the stress of major market unrest, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are working to ease the burden on money market funds. Last week, the Fed and the...more
On March 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a request for public comment from funds, investors and other market participants on the framework for addressing misleading fund names under Rule 35d-1...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), which removes the need for most exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsors to obtain individual exemptive...more
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