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SEC Charges Trust Company With Operating Unregistered Investment Companies

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SEC Charges Trust Company with Operating Unregistered Investment Companies and Failing to Register Securities Offerings. On September 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had settled charges with...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: SEC Proposes Modified Disclosure Framework For Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Extends COVID-19 In-Person Meeting Relief for Registered Investment Companies

On June 19, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended temporary exemptive relief from in-person voting requirements granted to registered management investment companies and business development companies...more

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An Overview of Key COVID-19 Relief Granted to Registered Mutual Funds by the SEC

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In recent weeks, financial industry regulators have released a number of guidance responding to the current COVID-19 outbreak. With respect to open-end registered investment management companies (“Registered Mutual Funds”),...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: PPP Borrowers And Lenders Under The Microscope

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In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule that would establish a revised framework for the fair value determination for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and have...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Provides Temporary Additional Flexibility to Registered Investment Companies to Borrow and Lend

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued an order (Order) permitting registered open-end funds (other than money market funds) (Open-End Funds) and insurance company separate accounts registered as unit...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

COVID-19: SEC Disclosure Obligations for Investment Companies

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As discussed in our previous alerts, over the past several weeks, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and its staff (the Staff) have provided guidance and targeted, conditional, and temporary relief to investment...more

Blank Rome LLP

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions (Updated)

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COVID-19 RELATED REGULATORY UPDATES - SEC Emphasizes the Importance of Delivering Timely and Material Information to Investment Company Investors...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Provides Interfund Lending Relief To Registered Investment Companies Affected By COVID-19

On March 23, 2020, in response to business disruptions caused by the spread of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an exemptive order (the “Order”) under the Investment Company...more

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UPDATED: SEC Extends Sweeping Temporary Exemptions Granted to Funds to Comply with Voting, Reporting and Prospectus Delivery...

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In an Order dated March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission extended the exemptions offered to investment companies, business development companies (BDCs) and investment advisers grappling with challenges to the...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: Financial Regulators Ramp Up Measures To Address Covid-19

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In This Issue. In response to the ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), federal financial regulators continue to take aggressive actions to promote stability to the financial markets. The Board of Governors...more

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COVID-19: Compliance and Legal Considerations for Asset Managers

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As the world responds to COVID-19, we have identified a number of compliance and legal considerations for asset managers. We summarize a select list of these in our note below....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Coronavirus – The SEC provides relief for investment companies

On March 13, 2020, the SEC issued an exemptive order under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act” and the “1940 Act Order”) providing relief for registered management investment companies and business development...more

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SEC Provides Guidance on Virtual Annual Meetings in View of COVID-19 Concerns

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On March 13, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance and the Division of Investment Management (Staff) have published guidance to assist public...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Citing Coronavirus Threat, SEC Staff Expands In-Person Voting Relief for Investment Company Boards

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management has expanded relief for registered investment company boards from the in-person voting requirements of certain provisions of the...more

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