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SEC Division of Examinations Calls Out Compliance Weaknesses and Spells Out Expectations Moving into 2021

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The SEC's Division of Examinations recently issued a Risk Alert with observations on investment adviser compliance programs, noting numerous deficiencies and weaknesses it has encountered....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Private Funds Litigation/Regulatory Year in Review and 2019 Outlook

Although the SEC did not bring as many headline enforcement actions against private funds as in years past, it continues to devote substantial resources and attention on investment advisers. The SEC will maintain its...more

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Common Compliance Issues for Investment Advisers

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On February 7, 2017, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) published a Risk Alert listing the five most frequent compliance topics identified on investment adviser examinations completed within...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

OCIE Launches Sweep Examination of BD/IA Retirement Investments

The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) is launching a sweep examination that will target the retirement-based savings activities of broker-dealers and investment advisers. The multi-year...more

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The SEC’s Telling Enforcement Shift

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 made numerous, and significant, changes to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulatory powers particularly with respect to regulated professionals...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC filed a series of actions in the last two weeks which included a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. One action focused on a Swiss investment firm giving advise in the U.S. without registering with the Commission....more

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2014 Proskauer Hedge Funds and Other Private Funds Annual Review

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This year we saw a flurry of regulatory activity targeting investment advisers and hedge funds, private equity funds and other private funds (collectively, private funds). The following annual review is a summary of some of...more

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2014 SEC and FINRA Enforcement Actions Against Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

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The sheer number of enforcement actions brought against broker-dealers and investment advisers makes it challenging to keep up. In this alert, we divide this year’s most important cases against broker-dealers and investment...more

Brooks Pierce

Securities Enforcement Forum 2014 — Directors Panel

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Yesterday I blogged from the Securities Enforcement Forum 2014, Bruce Carton’s excellent one-day conference, held at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington, D.C. The posts will be fairly raw, and certainly not verbatim...more

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Expect Focus - Regulators Are Watching: New Products, New Opportunities, New Risks - Volume III, Summer 2014

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In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT ..Standard CGL Policy Form Adds Data Breach Coverage Exclusion - LIFE INSURANCE ..Class Claims Against Lincoln National Barred in Section 419 Action – Again ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Investment Management Legal + Regulatory Update -- September 2014

In This Issue: - Regulation: Long-Awaited Money Market Fund Rules Adopted - SEC Staff Offers Guidance Regarding Investment Advisers and Proxy Advisory Firms - SEC Staff Closes Loophole on BDC Asset...more

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