SEC Issues New Guidance on Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals - Since the beginning of the year, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance staff (Corp Fin Staff) has issued several...more
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently issued new guidance regarding when shareholders can file beneficial ownership reports on Schedule 13G. While the 11 February 2025 Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation...more
It is a dramatic understatement to describe 2023 as a busy year in the United States for asset management regulation. With 24 rules adopted and 18 new rules or rule amendments proposed, the US Securities and Exchange...more
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I. INTRODUCTION - On October 7, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rule 12d1-4 (Rule 12d1-4) and related amendments under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (as amended, the 1940 Act) in an effort...more
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - On 7 October 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted new rule 12d1-4 (Rule 12d1-4) and related amendments under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) that it believes...more
In a potentially significant reversal of a prior Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff position that could enhance the ability of closed-end funds to defend against activist shareholders, the Division of Investment...more
On April 8, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rule and form amendments (the “Final Rules”) that modify the registration, offering, and communications processes currently used by registered...more
OPEN MEETING OUTCOME -
At an Open Meeting on August 21, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or “SEC”) voted three to two in favor of publishing guidance (the “Guidance”) addressing the...more
On April 2, 2019, the Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued Accounting and Disclosure Information 2019-07 (the “ADI”), which summarizes certain of the...more
SEC Proposes Reforms for Registration Process of Closed-End Funds and Business Development Companies -
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed several rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that...more
An investment professional who provides advice to an investor who has a 401(k), an annuity, and a brokerage account is subject to regulation by no less than five regulators: the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
As we wait to see if the Department of Labor (DOL) will appeal the 5th Circuit’s mid-March ruling that vacated the DOL’s fiduciary rule, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is also making news on the fiduciary front....more
The Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) fiduciary rule (“DOL Fiduciary Rule”) became applicable June 9, 2017, after an intense multiyear regulatory saga involving multiple governmental actors and virtually every mutual fund company...more