Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – The annuity regulatory landscape
On January 13, the SEC published to the Federal Register a final amendments to Rule 15c3-3 – the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule – to require daily reserve calculations for certain large broker-dealers. The...more
Last month, Gurbir Grewal, the Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, spoke at the Financial Times Cyber Resilience Summit. During the remarks, he outlined the importance of cybersecurity and signaled that the SEC is...more
Cybersecurity is a looming threat for most businesses. The impact of a major cyber event can resonate for weeks, months, and even years after the initial attack. To mitigate the risks to consumers, there have been several...more
On November 20, 2020, the Staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance, Division of Investment Management, and Division of Trading and Markets issued a statement that it would not recommend enforcement action against...more
In April 2020, Wilson Sonsini, together with two other leading Silicon Valley-based law firms, submitted a formal rulemaking petition to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking the SEC to amend Rules 11 and...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more
RULEMAKING AND GUIDANCE - SEC Adopts Amendments to Exemptive Applications Procedures - On July 6, 2020, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rule amendments to establish an expedited review procedure...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments on several issues related to digital technology and innovation, as well as proposed...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission has amended its rules to require broker-dealers to disclose more information about their order routing practices. The changes are intended to help investors better understand how their...more
Earlier this month, SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director William Hinman delivered the keynote address at the Practising Law Institute’s Seventeenth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe. Director Hinman...more