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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - December 2024

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

Jones Day

SEC Adopts Long-Awaited and Heavily Debated Private Fund Adviser Rules

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted multiple rules that will impact private funds, governing documents, and side letters....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Adopts New Private Funds Rules: Key Takeaways for Private Fund Advisers and Investors

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During an open meeting on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) voted 3-2 along party lines to adopt new rules (collectively referred to as the “Private Funds...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to the Internet Adviser Exemption

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On July 26, 2023, the SEC issued proposed rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to narrow the types of smaller investment advisers that can register with the SEC in reliance on the Internet adviser exemption....more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

SEC Adopts Private Fund Adviser Rules

Yesterday, the five SEC commissioners voted 3-2, along party lines, to approve the Private Fund Adviser Rules. The final Rules scale back from what was initially proposed 18 months ago, in ways that are likely to be a relief...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC seeks to finalize highly controversial private fund adviser ruleset - What we are looking out for

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is holding an open meeting this Wednesday, August 23, to consider whether to adopt proposed rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that, if adopted as proposed, would...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments to the Internet Adviser Exemption

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Who may be interested: Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The SEC recently proposed amendments to modernize the internet adviser exemption in Rule 203A-2(e) under the Advisers Act, which allows specific investment advisers...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Upcoming SEC Open Meeting on Cyber (and More)

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an open meeting to be held on July 26, 2023.  The agenda includes consideration of the final amendments to the rules relating to enhanced and standardized disclosures regarding...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Form PF

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On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted a new rule (the “Rule”) that amends Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to privately-offered...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Form PF for Registered Investment Advisers to Private Funds

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On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Form PF, the confidential form by which certain SEC-registered investment advisers report information pertaining to the private funds...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Staff Issue Risk Alert on Safeguarding Customer Records and Information at Branch Offices

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers. Quick Take: The SEC’s Division of Examinations staff (Staff) recently issued a risk alert (Alert) highlighting deficiencies and trends that the Staff...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - April 2023

SEC Rules and Amendments - Liquidity Rule Amendments: Interval Funds to the Rescue? On November 2, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose significant amendments to Rule 22e-4 under the...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

SEC Revisits Regulation S-P After Twenty Years of Innovation to Information Technology

On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released its proposal to amend Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information (the “Proposed...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers, and Other Financial Industry Participants Take Note: SEC Demonstrates Commitment to...

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On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued three releases proposing (i) amendments to Regulation S-P (“Regulation S-P Proposal”)1, (ii) amendments to Regulation SCI (“Regulation SCI Proposal”)2,...more

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SEC Proposes Changes to Reg S-P to Impose New Cybersecurity-Related Requirements on Covered Institutions

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On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed changes to Regulation S-P (“Reg S-P”) that would impose new cybersecurity incident response requirements on broker-dealers, investment...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Changing of the Guard? SEC Proposes Significant Amendments to the Safeguards Rule

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The SEC continued its recent onslaught of proposed cybersecurity rules in mid-March with three new proposals covering a litany of entities, including investment advisers, broker-dealers, investment companies, clearing...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments to Regulation S-P

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...Quick Take: The SEC proposed amendments to Regulation S-P which would establish minimum standards under Federal law requiring registered investment advisers, investment companies, broker-dealers and transfer agents...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC proposes sweeping revisions to Advisers Act Custody Rule

On February 15, 2022 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed sweeping changes to Rule 206(4)-2 (the Custody Rule) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act), which would be redesignated as Rule...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

SEC Proposed Custody Amendments Could Cut Investment Advisors Out of Crypto

On Wednesday, February 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released proposed amendments to Section 206(4)-2 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, which sets out the custody requirements applicable to...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Regulation in the Post-FTX Environment: SEC’s Proposed Enhanced Custody Rule and Its Effects on Crypto

When it rains, it pours. On January 23, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services announced that it had issued certain Guidance on Custodial Structures for Customer Protection in the Event of Insolvency in which it...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Proposes To Remake Advisers Act Custody Rule for a Modern World

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On February 15, 2023, the SEC proposed to significantly overhaul Rule 206(4)-2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) — the Custody Rule — once dubbed among the “most critical rules” ever passed under the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New SEC Rules and Amendments Shorten the Standard Securities Transaction Settlement Cycle to T+1

On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules and amendments to shorten the standard settlement cycle for transactions in most securities from two business days after the trade date...more

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SEC Proposes Radical Transformation of Custody Rule Into New Safeguarding Rule

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On February 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed a significant transformation of Rule 206(4)-2 (the “Custody Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) into a new...more

White & Case LLP

Amendment to the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations applicable to Investment Advisors and Credit Unions, for the remote onboarding...

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On January 20, 2023, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit issued resolutions that amend the Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") General Provisions (the "Amendments") applicable to Investment Advisors, and Credit Unions,...more

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SEC Holiday Reading List: Four Rule Proposals That Would Overhaul Market Structure and How Retail Orders Are Executed

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On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released four sweeping rulemaking proposals that would change market structure as we currently know it and introduce a new federal standard...more

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