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Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

"Custody" for Registered Investment Advisers in Unusual Circumstances

For most registered investment advisers (RIAs), their annual update to Form ADV will be due on March 31, 2025. We have received several questions about “custody” and peculiar situations where RIAs may inadvertently have...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Expansion of Availability of Confidential Submissions of Registration Statements Could Help Life Sciences Companies Raise...

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In an attempt to facilitate capital raising, the SEC announced that it was expanding the ability of issuers to submit draft registration statements for confidential review by the staff. Historically, this procedure was mostly...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Form ADV Season

For most investment advisers, March signals the beginning of Form ADV season, where compliance officers gather all kinds of firm data to update a document fraught with potential regulatory liability. For the uninitiated, Form...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Annual Update of Form ADV and Recent Regulatory Changes Affecting Advisers (UPDATED)

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As a reminder, each registered investment adviser must file an annual updating amendment to its Form ADV within 90 days of its fiscal year end. This means an adviser with a December 31 fiscal year end will be required to file...more

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Updating Form 10-K for Fiscal Year 2024 and Other Reporting Reminders

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With calendar year 2024 completed, US public companies with a December 31 fiscal year-end will be working to prepare their annual reports on Form 10-K for filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Companies...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Adopts Amendments Mandating Certain Exchange Act Filings and Submissions to be Made Electronically; Also Adopts Technical...

On December 16, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) requiring the electronic filing, submission, or posting of certain forms required under the Securities Exchange Act of...more

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Edgar Next is Coming - Get Ready Now!

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As discussed in our October 27, 2024 post, the SEC has announced new security requirements for Edgar filers. The compliance date is September 15, 2025....more

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2025 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

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We are pleased to announce the availability of our calendar showing SEC filing deadlines and financial statement staleness dates for 2025. Public companies are encouraged to keep in mind these important deadlines and...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

The SEC’s New Look

Regular visitors to SEC.gov know this already, but the Commission has reformatted and reorganized its website. SEC practitioners everywhere have long recognized the site as an indispensable resource. Users are afforded...more

Akerman LLP

Initial Form N-PX Filing Deadline for Institutional Investment Managers Approaching

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Investment managers required to file Form N-PX pursuant to Rule 14Ad-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, will face their initial Form N-PX filing deadline on August 31, 2024. Although the filing obligation...more

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SEC Expands Regulatory Oversight of Private Fund Advisers - Amendments to Form PF

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On February 8, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) along with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly adopted amendments to Form PF. The amendments amount to an increase in the SEC’s already robust...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Important Dates and Reminders for Investment Advisers, Exempt Reporting Advisers, Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool...

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INVESTMENT ADVISERS - Annual Compliance Reviews - All investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or at the state level are required to review their compliance policies and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Guide to Maintaining the Confidentiality of Commercially Sensitive Information in Agreements Filed With the SEC – 2024 Update

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of our January 12, 2023, client alert. This update covers new staff SEC guidance addressing the options companies have when existing confidential treatment orders approach expiration....more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

SEC Postpones Share Repurchase Modernization Disclosure Rules

On November 22, 2023, the SEC issued an order postponing the effective date of rules that would require issuers to include detailed disclosures in periodic reports related to their share repurchases (the “Repurchase Rule”)....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Launches Enforcement Sweep for Violations of Section 13(d) and Section 16

On September 27, 2023, the SEC announced a series of enforcement actions against six officers, directors and major stockholders of public companies, as well as five companies, for repeated failures to report information...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Staff Issues Additional Pay Versus Performance Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations

On September 27, 2023, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance issued 10 new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) relating to the pay-versus-performance (PVP)...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to the Investment Company Names Rule (Rule 35d-1)

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On September 20, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1[1] (the “Names Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as well as amendments to certain...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted the final rules (the “Final Rules”) on July 26, 2023 that will require disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents, cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Recent Rule 10b5-1 Amendments and Related Disclosure Requirements

On August 25, 2023, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance to address certain open questions on the amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and related disclosure...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Posts C&DIs on Foreign Private Issuer Form F-SR Buyback Reporting

On August 30, 2023, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission posted three compliance and disclosure interpretations (“C&DIs”) providing guidance on Form F-SR.  Form F-SR is  the new form for a foreign private...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SEC Publishes Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosure Final Rule

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What Happened - On July 26, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure final rule on a 3-2 vote. The final rule is a modified...more

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SEC Adopts Cybersecurity Incident and Risk Management Disclosure Rules

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On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules requiring public companies to disclose within four business days material cybersecurity incidents they experience and to disclose annually...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

SEC Formalizes New Rules on Cyber Breach Disclosures

The SEC has recently voted on new rules that will require companies to disclose material cybersecurity incidents within four days and to make disclosures about their broad cybersecurity risks in their annual report. Tom Fox...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Rules for Public Companies

In a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new cybersecurity rules yesterday (July 26, 2023) applicable to public companies. The rules, which will become effective thirty days after publication in...more

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