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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposal to amend Rule 206(4)-2, the “custody rule” (the “current rule”), which currently requires all investment advisors with the ability to possess client funds...more
On Wednesday, December 14, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) affirmatively voted to advance some major changes to U.S. stock-market rules, perhaps the biggest changes to such rules in nearly 20 years....more
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On Friday, October 7, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) reopened the public comment periods for eleven rulemaking proposals and one request for comment due to a technical error that prevented the SEC...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission has reopened comments for nearly two dozen proposed rules and other matters. Our Securities Group details the list that includes some controversial rules about cybersecurity, SPACs, and...more
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On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will reopen the public comment periods for 11 rulemaking releases and one request for comment due to a technological error that resulted...more
Surprise! The SEC has just reopened a slew of comment periods! Late Friday, the SEC announced that, as a result of a technical error, it had not received a number of electronically submitted comments for at least 11...more
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