On April 1, 2025, the First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a nearly $95 million judgment against our client Commonwealth Financial Network related to the sufficiency of Commonwealth’s revenue-sharing disclosures. The First...more
The FCA consultation paper CP24/7 “Payment Optionality for Investment Research” considers the reintroduction of the bundling of research payments with broker’s execution fees....more
5/9/2024
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On August 23, 2023, a divided Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted far-reaching new rules and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Advisers Act). While the final rules are not as...more
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
8/22/2023
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Private Funds ,
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Registered Investment Advisors ,
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In a Legal Alert issued before the SEC open meeting, we posed five questions that our Investment Services team would be looking out for as part of this meeting. We now have answers to some of these questions....more
7/31/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Securities Exchange Act ,
Standard of Care ,
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is holding an open meeting this Wednesday to consider whether to propose new and amended rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940...more
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
Getting in the know. In this Bottom Line videocast, Michael Koffler and Bria Adams discuss Advisers Act regulatory developments, including:
Modernization of the Advisers Act Custody Rule.
SEC guidance on proxy voting...more
Hear how proposed changes to the Advertising Rule and the Solicitation Rule under the Investment Advisers Act could affect private funds and their sponsors.
In this Bottom Line videocast, Michael Koffler and Michael Voynich...more
2/10/2020
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Cash Solicitation Rule ,
Fund Sponsors ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Private Funds ,
Proposed Amendments ,
SEC Advertising Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
Recent SEC rulemaking and guidance heightened retail broker-dealer and investment adviser investment recommendation and advice standards and created certain compliance obligations with respect to account monitoring. Firms...more
On August 21, 2019, in a 3-2 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted in favor of publishing guidance (guidance) regarding the proxy voting responsibilities of investment advisers (IAs). The guidance,...more
On June 5, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a comprehensive package of rulemakings and interpretations governing the standard of conduct applicable to broker-dealers and the fiduciary duty applicable to...more
7/17/2019
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Broker-Dealer ,
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Duty of Care ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Form ADV ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Standard of Conduct