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Stinson LLP

U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons now exempted from CTA; April 25, 2025 deadline set for Foreign Companies

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On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury published its revised Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule, also known...more

Mayer Brown

New NAIC Risk-Based Capital Task Force Launches; Financial Stability Task Force Reviews Key Priorities

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Two important meetings were held on March 17, 2025 by task forces of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”): the newly launched Risk-Based Capital Model Governance (EX) Task Force (“RBCMG TF”); and...more

Hinckley Allen

CTA Requirements Reinstated for Non-U.S. Companies

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On March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an interim final rule implementing the Department of the Treasury’s March 2, 2025 announcement that U.S. companies and U.S. beneficial owners will not be subject to any reporting requirements...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

For 2025, Crypto Taxpayers Can Get Their Ducks in a Row; But Senator Cruz Says “Nyet” to DeFi Regs

Last year, the Treasury and IRS released two sets of final crypto reporting regulations. The first set, in July, imposed rules for custodial brokers. The second set, in December, imposed rules for DeFi. This piece provides...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Past Guidance is No Assurance of Future Guidance: SEC Staff Reverses Course with New Marketing Rule FAQs on Extracted Performance...

AT A GLANCE - On March 19, the SEC released updated guidance for compliance with Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, with two major revisions: (i) an update to prior guidance regarding the use of...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

FinCEN Eliminates BOI Reporting for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an interim final rule significantly narrowing the scope of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) by removing the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to...more

DLA Piper

CTA Update: FinCEN Revises Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements and Extends Deadlines

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule (IFR) significantly revising the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Staff Guidance on Non-WKSI Form S-3 Registration Process; Disclosure Requirements for Foreign Private Issuers

On March 20, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) made a number of changes to the Division’s Compliance and Disclosure...more

Baker Donelson

FinCEN Issues Interim Final Rule Eliminating CTA Reporting Requirement for U.S. Entities

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule eliminating the requirement for U.S. entities and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) under the...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

"Custody" for Registered Investment Advisers in Unusual Circumstances

For most registered investment advisers (RIAs), their annual update to Form ADV will be due on March 31, 2025. We have received several questions about “custody” and peculiar situations where RIAs may inadvertently have...more

K&L Gates LLP

February 2025 ESG Policy Update—Australia

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Australian Update - ASIC's Key Issues Outlook for 2025 - On 24 January 2025, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released its key issues outlook for 2025 which provides insights for Australian...more

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SEC Marketing Rule FAQs Yield New Guidance

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On 19 March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Marketing Rule) (available here)....more

Jones Day

The CFTC is Off to a Fast Start Under Acting Chairman Pham

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In a break from the typical acting agency chairman, Acting Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Chairman Caroline Pham has taken several significant actions, signaled several more, and set the agency on a path to...more

Vedder Price

Investment Services Regulatory Update: February 2025

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NEW AND PROPOSED RULES - Third Set of Form PF Amendments to Take Effect on June 12, 2025 - Attorneys in Vedder Price’s Investment Services Group recently published a bulletin, available here, on the third set of...more

Hogan Lovells

Energy Buzz: The Future of Green Banks

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Green banks are financial institutions with a specific objective: deploying capital to finance projects focusing on sustainability and energy transition. Often publicly owned, green banks follow a dual purpose, being intended...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

FinCEN Removes BOI Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons

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On March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an interim final rule (Interim Rule) that removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to file beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports under the Corporate Transparency...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Women in PE and Finance to Know: Caroline Dallas

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The interview below is part of an ongoing effort by McGuireWoods to profile women leaders in private equity (PE) and finance....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Advisors aren’t sold on Bitcoin

On whether to recommend Bitcoin and other digital assets for clients, financial advisers are wary about their fiduciary duty to clients, according to a CoinShares survey....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

OFAC Recordkeeping Requirement Extended to 10 Years

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On March 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final rule extending the recordkeeping requirements under OFAC’s regulations from five years to 10 years. This change...more

Morgan Lewis

FINRA Proposes Single Rule to Replace FINRA Rules 3270 and 3280

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FINRA has proposed a single, streamlined rule (the Proposed Rule) to replace FINRA Rule 3270 (Outside Business Activities of Registered Persons) and FINRA Rule 3280 (Private Securities Transactions of an Associated Person)...more

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FinCEN Removes BOI Reporting Requirements for US Companies and US Persons

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an interim final rule that removes the requirement for US companies and US persons to report beneficial ownership information to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Is the Exemption for Interest on Municipal Bonds on Congress’ Chopping Block?

The new administration and Congress are working towards an extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the bulk of which expires at the end of 2025. In late February, the House passed a spending bill (H. Con. Res....more

A&O Shearman

Addressing Issue Of First Impression, Southern District Of New York Dismisses Action Seeking To Impose Short-Swing Liability...

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On March 14, 2025, Judge John P. Cronan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought under Section 16(b) of the Securities...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FCA Updates – ‘Assertive’ Supervision, and About Turns

We are now starting to see a real shift in the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Enforcement strategy following a changing of the guard in 2023, which brought in Therese Chambers and Steve Smart to be Joint Executive...more

McCarter & English, LLP

The Evolution of the CTA: FinCEN Removes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for US Companies and US Persons, Sets New...

On March 21, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced it is issuing an interim final rule to remove the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership...more

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