At yesterday's Practising Law Institute’s SEC Speaks program, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chair Paul Atkins shared his views on a wide range of topics. Chair Atkins touched on innovation at the SEC, FinHub and…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On May 15, 2025, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Trading and Markets (the “Staff”) published responses to certain frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) relating to crypto asset activities…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On May 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held a Crypto Task Force roundtable to explore an appropriate regulatory framework for tokenized securities. In the keynote address, Chair Paul Atkins, stated that…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On May 8, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held the 31st International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development. Commissioner Peirce used this opportunity to discuss an approach to regulating…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Here’s the deal:
Interval funds and tender offer funds are registered closed-end funds that may continuously offer their shares at net asset value (“NAV”) to an unlimited number of investors…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On March 25, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held a Crypto Task Force roundtable to explore regulatory considerations surrounding custody of crypto assets through broker-dealers and other financial…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
In recent years, private non-bank lending to private equity-owned, small- and middle-market companies has increased significantly. According to a report from the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) detailing data…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (the “Committee”) will meet on May 6, 2025 to consider the market impact and challenges associated with Regulation A…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Many US and other non-EU financial institutions which lend or undertake trade finance business on a cross border basis into Europe do so in reliance upon exemptions under local law. These exemptions typically permit these…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On April 11, 2025, the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) issued seven new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”), the third update to the CDIs by…
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/ Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
In March 2025, Nasdaq released a comprehensive set of policy recommendations intended to advance capital formation in a paper titled “Advancing the U.S. Public Markets: Unlocking Capital Formation for a Stronger American…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On April 4, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) published a statement (the “Statement”) outlining its position on stablecoins, a category…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On March 31, 2025, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee (Committee) penned a letter to acting Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mark Uyeda identifying 14 proposed and final rules that, according to the…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On March 27, 2025, the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Committee”) convened in an open session to consider the nomination of Paul Atkins as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On March 21, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held the inaugural roundtable of its Crypto Task Force to explore the legal issues involved in classifying crypto assets under the federal securities laws. …
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
