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On February 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted final rule amendments to shorten the standard settlement cycle for securities broker-dealer transactions from two business days after the...more
On February 6, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), to expand the scope of “dealers” and “government securities dealers” required to register under the Exchange Act, become...more
Beginning May 28, 2024, the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities transactions will be one business day (T+1) following a trade instead of two business days (T+2), which has been the standard since 2017....more
In March 2024, the SEC announced that it settled two cases against investment advisers Delphia (USA) Inc. and Global Predictions Inc. for making false and misleading statements about their purported use of artificial...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted changes to Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended on February 15, 2023, to shorten the standard settlement cycle from T+2 to T+1. See 17...more
In a 2-1 opinion issued on February 14, 2024, an Eleventh Circuit panel partially reversed a lower court ruling that would have barred a defendant from participating in future penny-stock offerings. The majority found it was...more
The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more
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With the close of FINRA’s fiscal year comes the opportunity for broker-dealer firms to consider where regulators have focused their enforcement efforts and also what can be expected in the coming year. Fortunately, FINRA has...more
Recent SEC actions relating to the definition of “dealer” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may enable the SEC to start cracking the whip over more persons who actively trade securities for their own account “as part...more
On January 17, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a bulletin advising banks on how to prepare for the upcoming shortening in the standard securities settlement cycle for most U.S. securities...more
Pre-hedging, or anticipatory hedging, is one of many risk management tools often used in principal-based OTC markets, such as commodities, foreign exchange (FX), or interest rate swap markets. It refers to trading conducted...more
On October 13, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved final rules requiring increased disclosure of short selling activities of institutional investment managers and securities lending activities of...more
On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to Rule 15b9-1 (“Rule 15b9-1”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) that generally...more
In February 2023, the SEC adopted rule amendments that require most securities transactions effected by broker-dealers to be settled within one business day (T+1), rather than the currently required two business days. The SEC...more
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On June 7, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) unanimously adopted final rules amending Regulation M (the “Final Rules”) to remove its references to credit ratings, replace them with alternative...more
On February 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c6-1, including an amendment that decreased the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions in...more
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On Feb. 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rule amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c6-1 to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most securities transactions from two business days after trade...more
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President Biden signed, on December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, H.R. 2617 (the “2023 Act”). The 2023 Act amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") to exempt certain "M&A...more
Yesterday, the SEC adopted a number of new rule amendments intended to reduce risks in the clearance and settlement processes. Most significantly for this audience, the changes will reduce the standard settlement cycle for...more
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In June 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed its first complaint alleging violations of both the care and compliance obligations of Regulation Best Interest, or Reg BI. In SEC v. Western International...more