Video | OCIE Supervision Initiative Finds Holes in RIA Supervision & Disclosure Policies
Podcast: Private Fund Regulatory Update – Network and Cloud Storage
Podcast: Keeping Up with Recent Changes and Trends in Private Fund Regulation
On October 16, 2023, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published its annual Examination Priorities for 2024 (the “Exam Priorities”). Consistent with the...more
Amid ongoing federal government shutdown risks and the close of its fiscal year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Examinations (Exams) recently announced its fiscal year (FY) 2024 priorities....more
On July 21, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations issued a Risk Alert on cross trades and principal transactions.1 The Risk Alert’s guidance and warnings were based on over 20 examinations of...more
On April 9, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) issued a Risk Alert regarding the Division’s review of ESG investing. The Risk Alert provides insight into the...more
SEC Enforcement and Exams Likely to Focus More on Private Funds in the New Administration - For the next several weeks and months, intense focus will be trained on determining the priorities of the Biden administration. We...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert on June 18, 2020 (Risk Alert), which introduces an examination initiative on the upcoming...more
In the inaugural issue of Investment Management Update, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from February 2019 to May 2019 impacting the investment management sector....more
As every investment adviser, broker-dealer, and fund (and their lawyer) knows, noncompliance with Regulation S-P, the SEC’s primary rule on privacy notices and safeguard policies, can land a registrant in hot and expensive...more
On August 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a Risk Alert summarizing its most recent cybersecurity examination findings. As a part of its Phase...more
On August 7, 2017, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a summary of its observations (the report) from cybersecurity examinations of 75...more
The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a National Examination Program Risk Alert (Risk Alert) on August 7, 2017 regarding observations from...more
On August 7, 2017, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert summarizing its observations from cybersecurity preparedness examinations conducted of 75 broker-dealers, investment...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently settled its first cybersecurity-related enforcement action against a Missouri based registered investment adviser, R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. (the ...more