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Regulatory Roundup for June 2024

Private Fund Rules Cancelled, Survey Says Marketing Rule is a Lot of Work and the Intersection of Regulation BI and Investment Adviser’s Fiduciary Duty - Welcome to our June Regulatory Roundup, where we provide you with a...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Investment Adviser Compliance Index - March 2024

The Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) is a relatively compact statute, and for many years the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted relatively few regulations specifically targeting Advisers Act...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Enforcement News: Misappropriation of Client Funds and Stock Manipulation

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It should come as no surprise that one of the goals of an investment fraud is the theft of customer funds for the scammer’s personal benefit. In legal parlance, this aspect of a fraudulent investment scheme is called...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Ripples Following the SPAC Wave: Litigation and Regulatory Risks

It’s a pattern we often see in boom-and-bust cycles—disputes rising in the period after a wave crests. SPAC deal volume hit an unprecedented high in 2021, but then slowed down in 2022 alongside IPOs. However, the fallout from...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Messaging Missteps: SEC’s Increasing Focus on Off-Channel Communications

The SEC’s Enforcement Division is conducting a sweep investigation of large investment advisers regarding their employees’ use of “off-channel” communications. The sweep, which has been widely reported in the press, focuses...more

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Exempt Reporting Advisers Faced Significantly More SEC Enforcements in 2022

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought an unusually high number of enforcement actions against exempt reporting advisers in 2022 — that appears to be more than the prior three years combined and a record number...more

K2 Integrity

ESG Certification: Assisting in Mitigating Greenwashing for Investors, Managers, Funds and Regulators

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There have been numerous positive developments in the evolution of ESG investing. Still, the research needed to assess which investments are truly ESG-compliant and which are tantamount to greenwashing is burdensome...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Solicits Comments on Whether Index Providers, Model Portfolio Providers, and Pricing Services Are Investment Advisors: Seeking...

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Introduction - On 15 June 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a “Request for Comment on Certain Information Providers Acting as Investment Advisers” (Request)....more

Dechert LLP

Asset Management Litigation/Enforcement Flash Report

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Especially in today’s economic and work environment, we find it helpful – and we therefore thought our clients would also find it helpful – to keep track of the important litigation and regulatory enforcement developments...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Fiduciary investment advice: The patchwork emerges

In this Bottom Line videocast, Issa Hanna and Pooja Kohli discuss what to expect in 2020 on standard of conduct developments for broker-dealers and investment advisers, including: Anticipated developments relating to the...more

Troutman Pepper

Treasury Report Addresses Regulatory Approaches Affecting Investment Companies and Their Advisers

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As required by President Trump’s Executive Order 13772, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a report, “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities, Asset Management and Insurance,” addressing the regulatory...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

Coming Soon: Regulations for Uniform Fiduciary Standard

In testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services on March 24, 2015, SEC Chair Mary Jo White said that she supports a uniform fiduciary standard of conduct for broker-dealers and investment advisers that provide...more

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Covered Funds Aspects of the Volcker Rule – Frequently Asked Questions

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The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") issued a final rule, and the Commodity Futures...more

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Head of Asset Management Unit at SEC Enforcement Shares Hedge Fund Enforcement Priorities

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In a recent speech, Bruce Karpati, Chief of the Asset Management Unit (AMU)within the Division of Enforcement (Division) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), discussed his view of the current enforcement...more

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