Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Boards of Directors; Investment Advisers - Quick Take: Guinness Atkinson Funds, with the counsel of Seward & Kissel, has submitted an application seeking an exemptive...more
At age 79, Paul Anka, the crooner and songwriter, is more relevant than ever. In 2020, he appeared on Season 4 of “The Masked Singer,” enjoyed a popular resurgence courtesy of TikTok, reworked his anthem “My Way” for the...more
On October 7, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Rule 12d1-4 (Final Rule or Rule 12d1-4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) in an effort to streamline and enhance the regulatory...more
The proposal would significantly impact finders by granting tailored exemptive relief to individuals engaging in limited capital raising activity. Key Points: ..The Proposal would provide a conditional exemption that...more
Today, the SEC published in the Federal Register a proposed notice of an exemptive order (the “Proposal”) that would, subject to limitations and conditions discussed below, exempt certain individuals seeking to find investors...more
On June 16, the SEC issued a temporary exemptive order, allowing registered municipal advisors to solicit banks, their wholly-owned commercial lenders and credit unions in connection with direct placements by municipal-issuer...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on April 20, 2020, that it had voted to issue two exemptive orders relating to the implementation of the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit...more
On April 8, 2020, the staff of the Division of Investment Management of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) issued an exemptive order (the Order) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) that...more
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an exemptive order (the "Order") superceding its March 13, 2020 exemptive order, which provided relief from certain provisions of the Investment Company...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is providing increased flexibility to certain open-end funds and insurance company separate accounts, plus no-action relief to money market funds and their affiliates amid the...more
On March 20, 2020, in response to business disruptions caused by the spread of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an exemptive order under the Securities and Exchange Act of...more
Non-traded business development companies (BDCs) have long sought the ability to offer and sell multiple classes of shares with different pricing and expense structures. A multi-class structure facilitates the distribution of...more
On November 25, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) re-proposed a new exemptive rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)—Rule 18f-4 (the...more
On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted a final rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”) that will enable most exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) to...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that will allow exchange-traded funds that satisfy certain standardized conditions to operate without first obtaining...more
First published on January 1, 1986, the London Interbank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”), has been the dominant reference rate for most adjustable-rate financial products since nearly the same time. Due to interest rate manipulation...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
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is seeking comments on a proposed exemptive order granting a conditional exemption from broker registration requirements for certain activities of municipal advisors....more
On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a new rule to modernize the regulation of most exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). Rule 6c-11 (the “Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as...more
On May 29, 2019, the SEC granted an exemptive order to Carillon Series Trust and Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. (a Raymond James affiliate) to hire and replace affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers without shareholder...more
On September 25, the SEC unanimously adopted Rule 6c-11 under the 1940 Act to modernize the regulation of exchange-traded funds by establishing a clear and consistent framework for the vast majority of ETFs operating today....more
On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 6c-11 (the “Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the long-awaited “ETF Rule.” ETFs that satisfy certain...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a long-awaited exemptive rule that will allow most exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to operate without an exemptive order, subject to various conditions. The final rule, which the...more
On July 9, 2019, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter to the BNY Mellon family of funds and BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (collectively, BNYM) stating that the staff would...more