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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Adopts Regulation Best Interest

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 5 adopted Regulation Best Interest: The Broker-Dealer Standard of Conduct (“Reg BI”), which requires that broker-dealers act in the “best interest” of their “retail...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Adopts Regulation Best Interest and Related Rules and Interpretations

On June 5, 2019, the SEC adopted a package of rules and interpretations (the Adopted Rules) to clarify and further articulate the relationship between retail investors and their broker-dealers or investment advisers....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Adopts Final Regulation Best Interest

At yesterday's open meeting, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final Regulation Best Interest, as well as additional guidance. Final action relating to the broker-dealer standard of conduct had been...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Proposes Best Interest Standard for Broker-Dealers, Related Investment Adviser Guidance and New Customer Relationship Summary...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2018 published a package of proposed rules and interpretations intended to improve the retail investor experience and to provide greater clarity regarding customers’...more

Carlton Fields

FINRA Moves Toward SEC Anti-Churning Proposal

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On April 18, the SEC voted to propose major rule changes to reconcile and clarify the standards of conduct that apply to broker-dealers and investment advisers. ...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Components of Regulation Best Interest

On April 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced a package of proposals aimed at enhancing the quality and transparency of investors’ relationships with investment advisers and broker-dealers. The...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Proposes Enhanced Investment Adviser and Broker-Dealer Standards of Conduct

On April 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a trio of rules and interpretations designed to enhance the quality and transparency of investors’ relationships with investment advisers (IAs) and...more

Stinson LLP

SEC Proposes New Broker-Dealer Best Interest Standard

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Last Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new set of rules under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (Proposed Rules) that would establish a new "best interest" standard by which...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Proposes New Standards Of Conduct For Broker-Dealers And Investment Advisers

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On April 18, the SEC voted four to one to propose new standards of conduct for broker-dealers (BDs) and investment advisers (IAs)....more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes Regulation Best Interest for Broker-Dealers

The SEC has proposed two rules and an interpretation to address retail investor confusion about the relationships that they have with investment professionals and the harm that may result from that confusion....more

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