The investment management industry faces a range of proposed new SEC regulations, including ESG and fund name rules, and the agency is seeking comments that could lead to other new rules. Also, a reminder of approaching...more
In this issue, we cover regulatory developments impacting the investment management sector, including updates on activism activity during the 2021 proxy season, as well as the status of multiple SEC and NYSE proposals,...more
In this issue, we provide a summary retrospective of regulatory, litigation and industry developments impacting the investment management sector during the second half of 2020, including SEC guidance and exemptive orders...more
1/5/2021
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Division of Trading and Markets ,
Executive Orders ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Management ,
New Rules ,
No-Action Relief ,
OCIE ,
Rule 14a-8 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Virtual Meetings
In this issue, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from May to September 2019 impacting the investment management sector, including SEC action on standards of conduct for broker-dealers and...more
9/26/2019
/ Activist Investors ,
Bad Actors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Class Action ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Custody Rule ,
Derivatives ,
Digital Securities ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dismissals ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Excessive Fees ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Financial Statements ,
Fund Managers ,
Independent Audits ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Management ,
Libor ,
Mutual Funds ,
OCIE ,
Offerings ,
Pooled Investment Vehicles ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proxy Voting ,
Regulation S-K ,
Revenue Sharing ,
Risk Alert ,
Section 36(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Standard of Conduct ,
Waivers
In the inaugural issue of Investment Management Update, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from February 2019 to May 2019 impacting the investment management sector....more
6/18/2019
/ Amended Rules ,
Bitcoin ,
BlackRock ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Business Development Companies ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Custody Rule ,
Digital Assets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
ETFs ,
Excessive Fees ,
Exemptive Relief ,
Exhibit Issues ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Statements ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Form N-PORT ,
Fund of Funds ,
Hyperlink ,
Incorporation by Reference ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Management ,
Modification ,
Mutual Funds ,
No-Action Letters ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Redaction ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-P ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Tokens ,
Securities Violations ,
Testing-the-Waters Communications ,
Voting Requirements ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose a series of rule and form amendments, as directed by Congress under the Small Business Credit Availability Act (SBCA) and the Economic Growth,...more
4/22/2019
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Business Development Companies ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Offering Communications ,
Offerings ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Prospectus ,
Registration Statement ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Small Business Credit Availability Act (SBCAA) ,
Updated Forms ,
WKSIs ,
XBRL Filing Requirements