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Podcast: Questions & Concerns About Documentation: A Conversation with Colin Adams, M-III Partners
In the financial services industry, registered firms are subject to recordkeeping rules that require business-related communications to be captured, retained and monitored by the firm for a specified period. For example, Rule...more
Regulation of Custodial Practices under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 is a comprehensive outline summarizing SEC regulatory requirements for investment advisers that have custody of their client’s assets (or that want...more
On September 27, 2022, regulators from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) handed out over $1.8 billion in fines to financial institutions in connection with...more
On March 30, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its examination priorities for 2022 (the Priorities), which discuss its examination approach...more
Each year, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (f.k.a. OCIE) (the “Division”) releases its priorities for the upcoming year, providing SEC registrants with a helpful tool to assist in managing, reviewing, and updating their...more
The Situation: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") Division of Examinations (the "Division") issued its 2021 examination priorities ("2021 Exam Priorities"). The Result: The 2021 Exam Priorities set...more
On March 3, 2021, the SEC’s Division of Examinations[1] announced its examination priorities for 2021. Noting the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Division of Examinations reported that during the agency’s 2020...more
For each of the past nine years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations (previously called the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, or OCIE, and hereinafter referred to as...more
On March 3, 2021, the Division of Examinations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Examinations Division” and “SEC,” respectively) announced its 2021 examination priorities, which, as in previous years, provide...more
On March 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations (Division), formerly known as the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, announced its examination priorities for fiscal...more
In this Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors, and published a risk...more
In this issue, we provide a summary retrospective of regulatory, litigation and industry developments impacting the investment management sector during the second half of 2020, including SEC guidance and exemptive orders...more
On November 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement (the Division) published its 2020 Annual Report (the Report), which details the Division’s fiscal year (FY) ending September 30, 2020,...more
REGULATORY UPDATES - SEC Adopts Amendments to Exemptive Applications Procedures - On July 6, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced the adoption of rule amendments that establish an expedited...more
On September 15, 2020, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a cybersecurity risk alert highlighting the increased use of “credential stuffing” attacks against investment advisers and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has published a risk alert, warning SEC-registered investment advisers, brokers and dealers about the increasing use of...more
The Risk Alert makes clear that OCIE has observed an increase in the frequency of credential stuffing attacks against Registrants, including some successful credential stuffing attacks that resulted in the loss of customer...more
On August 12, 2020, the SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published a Risk Alert that identifies potential issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic for SEC-registered investment advisers and...more
The Situation: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations ("OCIE") has continued to operate via off-site examinations and remote working...more
The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (the “OCIE”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published a risk alert on Aug. 12 titled Select COVID-19 Compliance Risks and Considerations for...more
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (staff) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert on August 12, 2020 (Risk Alert). The Risk Alert is intended to share...more
On August 12, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations released a Risk Alert regarding new operational, technological, commercial and other challenges and issues for investment advisers and broker-dealers...more
In our October 2019 update, we discussed how the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has remained sharply focused in recent years on the conflicts of interest related to investment advisers’ selection...more
- The OCIE of the SEC highlights that responses to COVID-19 present important regulatory and compliance issues for SEC registrants, including “heightened risks of misconduct” tied to recent market volatility. - The Risk...more
In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to create a new category of “seasoned” qualified mortgages; the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of...more