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Regulatory Developments - CFPB Issues Guidance on Investigation Practices by Consumer Reporting Agencies - On November 22, the DOL announced a final rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to...more
Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to: •The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2021- •The SEC’s Focus on Digital Asset Securities- •The SEC’s New Marketing Rule... ...more
On November 2, 2020, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement issued its 2020 Annual Report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. While the Enforcement Division filed 405 standalone enforcement actions – the lowest total in...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 Bottom Line: On May 22, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York concluded that broadly syndicated term loans are not "securities". This decision is highly significant to the US...more
Although the loan industry has long looked at loans as being obligations that arise in a commercial lending relationship, which are therefore not securities under Federal and state securities laws, the law supporting this...more
Relief Related to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") extended the time period for filing relief for Form ADV and Form PF. The Order extends the following...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 Wednesday, March 25, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") issued an order under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act") and an order under the Investment Company Act of...more
A registered investment adviser (RIA) that has “custody” of client funds or securities must comply with the provisions of Rule 206(4)-2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Rule), including those related to the use of a...more
On March 25, 2020, the SEC issued exemptive orders replacing prior orders granting temporary relief from certain provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940...more
Our Investment Management Team examines two new orders from the Securities and Exchange Commission that extend the deadline for filing under several sections and rules under the Investment Adviser and Investment Company Acts....more
On March 23, the SEC Division of Enforcement (Enforcement) issued a public statement bluntly warning issuers and insiders connected to them, along with broker-dealers and investment advisers, about the unique risks of insider...more
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued several orders (the Orders) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) and the...more
As discussed in our prior publication, on March 13, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued two orders under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Investment Company Act) and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recognized that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused, and may cause, disruptions that limit investment advisers’ access to facilities, personnel, and third party...more
In light of the recent novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the challenges it presents for boards of directors to safely travel, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order on March 13, 2020, (the order)...more
On Friday, March 13, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced the issuance of a pair of exemptive orders providing conditional relief for investment advisers, registered investment companies and...more
On March 13, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued an order providing certain conditional relief for upcoming filings for investment advisers, both advisers registered under the Investment Advisers...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13 announced temporary regulatory relief for registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers as well as for registered funds, registered unit investment trusts,...more
On March 13, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced two releases providing regulatory relief for investment funds and investment advisers whose operations may be impacted by COVID-19. In announcing...more
Citing the impact of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued orders on March 13, 2020 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment...more
On March 13, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order (the Advisers Act Release) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) providing regulatory relief for investment advisers whose...more
As the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to spread, the widespread impact on the markets, trading, firm operations, compliance obligations – every facet of the market, firms, and individuals working in the industry and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on Friday, March 13, 2020, granted temporary relief under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 relative to certain filing and delivery deadlines and other requirements...more