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On August 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) that subjects certain registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) and exempt reporting advisers (“ERAs”) to anti-money...more
Private fund managers are reminded that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) may trigger reporting obligations to the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for private fund managers and the private...more
Who may be interested: Board of Directors; Registered Investment Advisers; Registered Investment Companies; Broker-Dealers; Transfer Agents; Compliance Staff - Quick Take: The SEC announced that it settled charges against...more
The Proposed Rule would require registered investment advisers (RIAs) and exempt reporting advisers (ERAs) to establish, document and maintain written customer identification programs (CIPs). The Proposed Rule comes...more
Every year compliance officers face the unenviable job of performing their compliance program's annual review under Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-7). An essential element of that review is updating the firm's compliance policies...more
FinCEN is focused on customer due diligence, and both the 2024 Investment Adviser Risk Assessment and proposed rule indicate that investment advisers will be expected to assess customer identity, business model, and sources...more
Treasury proposed a new rule that would require investment advisers to establish an AML/CFT program and file certain reports, such as Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), with FinCEN (Proposed Rule). The Proposed Rule...more
The United States has started with a bang for 2024 with respect to transparency initiatives. The initiatives affect real estate, financial and business sectors. This alert provides a brief overview of the developments in...more
Years in the making, on February 13, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) to include “investment adviser” (“IA”) within the definition of “financial institution”...more
On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a new proposed rule that would require certain investment advisers to apply anti-money...more
On February 13, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued a "Notice of proposed rulemaking" (proposed rule) that would require Securities Exchange Commission...more
On February 13, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) proposed anti-money laundering (“AML”) compliance obligations for certain investment advisers (the “Proposal”)....more
Who may be interested: Closed-End Funds; Investment Advisers - Quick Take: An investment manager and offshore fund have sued a closed-end fund for adopting a “poison pill” provision that prevents shareholders with more...more
In the weeks since publishing our original alert, FinCEN released several frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the application of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Private fund managers are likely to find two of these...more
Effective December 25, 2023, Tennessee Rule 0780-4-3-.05 was amended to include a new exemption to registration requirements for investment advisers under Tenn. Code. Ann. § 48-1-109 (the Amended Rule). In the past, advisers...more
It is a dramatic understatement to describe 2023 as a busy year in the United States for asset management regulation. With 24 rules adopted and 18 new rules or rule amendments proposed, the US Securities and Exchange...more
On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021. By only reading the title of the Act, one might not realize the significance of its impact upon the corporate world as we all know it....more
January 1, 2024 is the effective date of a new rule (the “BOI Reporting Rule”) issued under the Corporate Transparency Act requiring domestic and foreign corporations, limited liability companies and other similar entities...more
In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its trend of recent years of robust and significant rulemaking that affects the range of players in the securities industry — public companies, broker-dealers,...more
Earlier this year, the US Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The CTA will require thousands of privately held US and non-US entities to report beneficial ownership to the US Treasury Department’s Financial...more
Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting - On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), a set of new regulations being implemented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), requires entities newly formed or registered to do business in the United States...more
On November 16, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a motion to dismiss a derivative action brought by a shareholder of a publicly traded biotechnology company...more
There have been a few important law and tax changes over the course of 2023 and we in the Private Clients Group here at Verrill wanted to make you aware of the recent changes, such as 1) new strict corporate reporting...more
...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more