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[Podcast] Navigating the SEC's New Marketing Rule FAQ Guidance

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On this Ropes & Gray podcast, Alyssa Horton and Colleen Meyer, both counsel in the private funds regulatory group, explore the recent SEC staff guidance on the Marketing Rule. They discuss the new FAQs issued on March 19,...more

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SEC Updates Marketing Rule FAQs to Provide Additional Performance Presentation Flexibility

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On March 19, 2025, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) updated the FAQ page pertaining to Rule 206(4)-1 (the Marketing Rule) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The updated guidance permits...more

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SEC Provides Helpful Marketing Rule FAQ Guidance

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On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Marketing Rule”). The new FAQs permit...more

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SEC Clarifies When Gross-Only Performance May Be Permissible

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission staff (Staff) has issued revised guidance regarding the application of Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Marketing Rule), providing flexibility for...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Staff Issues New Marketing Rule FAQs

On March 19, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued two new FAQs related to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Rule”). The new guidance reduces the complexity of the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Updates Guidance on the Use of Gross and Net Performance in Advertisements

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On March 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new FAQ response1 that softens prior guidance on the use of gross and net performance in advertisements. The new FAQs (the New Guidance) reduce the burden of...more

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SEC Marketing Rule FAQs Yield New Guidance

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On 19 March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Marketing Rule) (available here)....more

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SEC Staff Issues Welcome Guidance on Extracted Performance and Portfolio Characteristics Under the Marketing Rule

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On March 19, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) pertaining to Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Marketing Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

SEC Updates Marketing Rule Guidance

On March 19, 2025, the SEC made two significant updates to the Marketing Rule's FAQ page. DWT discussed the SEC's recently adopted Marketing Rule (Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940) in our 2024 post, and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC's Division of Investment Management Updates Marketing Rule FAQs

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The SEC's Division of Investment Management (Division) on March 19, 2025, updated its Marketing Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with respect to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Marketing...more

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SEC Staff Issues FAQs That Relax Marketing Rule Restrictions

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The FAQs provide investment advisers greater flexibility to present investment performance solely on a gross basis. On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) Staff released two new...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Publishes New Guidance on Advertising Gross and Net Performance

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On Jan. 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new FAQ response discussing an investment adviser’s obligations with respect to the use of gross and net performance information in the marketing of private...more

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SEC Staff Issues Important New Guidance on Presentation of Investment-Level Performance Under the Marketing Rule

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On January 11, 2023, the staff of the Division of Investment Management at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC Staff”) updated their Marketing Rule FAQs. A new FAQ appears to impose the net performance...more

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Massachusetts Issues Marketing Rule Reminder

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On November 4, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) began enforcing its updated advertising requirements for federally registered advisers. Those rules, described in greater detail here, represented a...more

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