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The SEC Under Paul Atkins – What to Expect for Registered and Private Offerings, Climate-Related Disclosure, Consolidated Audit...

Paul Atkins, who has been nominated by President Trump to serve as Chairperson of the Securities & Exchange Commission, last week completed a short confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. Despite its...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Lawmakers Ask SEC Acting Chair Uyeda to Review Approach to Consolidated Audit Trail

On February 28, 2025, House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR), Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC), and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent a letter (the “Letter”) to Securities and Exchange...more

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It’s Time to Bring Assets Onchain

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In an opinion post for a16z crypto, Latham lawyer Jenny Cieplak calls for a new regulatory approach for tokenized securities. A significant number of projects over the past several years have “tokenized” so-called real...more

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Republican AGs Wade Into CAT Fight

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A coalition of 23 Republican AGs, led by Arkansas AG Tim Griffin, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in American Securities Association v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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FINRA Facts and Trends: January 2024

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Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. We dedicate...more

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SEC adopts rules requiring the reporting of securities loans and the disclosure of short sales

On October 13, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new Rule 10c-1a under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (1934 Act), requiring certain persons to report securities loan information to...more

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SEC Adopts New Securities Lending Reporting Rule

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On October 13, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new Rule 10c-1a (the “Securities Lending Rule”), requiring the reporting of certain securities lending transactions. Certain material terms of...more

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SEC Adopts Rules Enhancing Short Sale Disclosures

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On October 13, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rules requiring the reporting and disclosure of short sale trade data information. New Rule 13f-2 implements new obligations on...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - September 2023

Editor's Note - The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency,...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FINRA Settles First Significant CAT Reporting Enforcement Action

On August 16, Instinet, LLC (Instinet or the Firm) agreed to pay a $3.8 million fine to settle an enforcement action with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regarding its alleged failure to comply with...more

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The State AG Report – 8.17.2023

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •States Want California To Leave Their Bacon Alone- •AGs...more

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AGs Ask Congressional Leaders to Declaw CAT

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A group of eight Republican AGs wrote a letter to Congressional leaders asking them to support the Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act, which was introduced by Republican Congress members in response...more

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Update on FINRA’s Use of CAT Data – They Are “Just Scratching the Surface”

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During FINRA’s 2023 Annual Conference held on May 16-18, 2023, several panels provided insight into how FINRA is currently using CAT data for market surveillance and how FINRA plans to use the data going forward to both...more

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New Year’s Priorities: FINRA Releases its 2023 Report on its Examination and Risk Monitoring Program

Yes, (somehow) it is that time of year again. FINRA recently released its 2023 Report on its Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the “Report”). As is typical (and this blog has well-covered), it contains a mix of old and...more

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Will Change in SEC Recordkeeping Requirement Make WORM format Obsolete?

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In a recent update to Rule 17a-4, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) stepped fully into the 21st century by dropping the requirement that electronic records be stored in a “write once, read many” or WORM format....more

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SEC Revamps Broker-Dealer Recordkeeping Requirements; "Audit Trail" Alternative Replaces "WORM" Format

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The SEC recently adopted new recordkeeping requirements for broker-dealers and “SBS entities” (security-based swap dealers and major security based swap participants). Most notably, the SEC will no longer require...more

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SEC Proposes New Rules Aimed at Increasing Short Sale Transparency

On Feb. 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed several new rules with the goal of increasing transparency around short selling. Rule 13f-2 would require institutional investment managers (Managers)...more

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SEC Proposes Rules Requiring Disclosure of Short Positions and Activities by Certain Managers

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On February 25, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a proposal—Short Position and Short Activity Reporting by Institutional Investment Managers (the Proposal)—that would require certain institutional...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

The SEC’s Proposed Short Sale Reporting Rules

On February 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to amend the Consolidated Audit Trail (“CAT”) and Regulation SHO, as well as to propose new rules that would require short sale reporting....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Brace for Impact: It’s Going to be (Another) Busy Year for FINRA

F. Scott Fitzgerald said “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired.” FINRA may be all of these in 2022, as FINRA CEO Robert Cook announced FINRA’s laundry list of priorities during a SIFMA Q&A last...more

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Observations from a Review of FINRA’s 2021 Sanction Guidelines

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Key Takeaways: ..FINRA released its most recent Sanctions Guideline, effective immediately, on October 20, 2021. A link to that document can be found here. ..The key change in the 2021 Sanctions Guideline is a new...more

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SEC to Amend National Market System Plan Governing Consolidated Audit Trail

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 15, 2020, voted to adopt amendments to the national market system plan governing the consolidated audit trail (the CAT NMS Plan). SEC Chairman Jay Clayton stated in a...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: OCC Finalizes New CRA Rule; Regulators Continue To Provide COVID-19-related Relief

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In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule to strengthen and modernize regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt...more

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SEC is Sued to Stop Collection of Personal Data of Retail Investors

The American Securities Association (“ASA”), a financial industry trade association representing regional and small financial services companies, has sued the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to prevent the SEC from...more

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SEC Issues Conditional Exemptive Relief Related to Broker-Dealer CAT Reporting Timelines

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on April 20, 2020, that it had voted to issue two exemptive orders relating to the implementation of the National Market System Plan Governing the Consolidated Audit...more

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