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CIRO Publishes Phase 5 of its Rule Consolidation Project

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The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”) has published for comment Phase 5 of its rule consolidation project (the “Rule Consolidation Project”). Phase 5 involves rules relating to outsourcing and service...more

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Stay on Target: FINRA Proposes Rules Permitting Presentation of Performance Projections and Targets

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The regulation of broker-dealer communications is delegated to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), while investment adviser advertisements are regulated directly by the US Securities and Exchange...more

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DC Circuit Decision Against Investment Adviser Leaves Many Unanswered Questions

On April 30, 2019, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit decided an important case involving the disclosure obligations of investment advisers. The case decided that an adviser’s disclosure that it “may” have a conflict of...more

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Class Certification Denied in Suitability Class Action

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The Southern District of New York recently declined to certify a class in a suit relating to investments in certain closed-end mutual funds, holding that individual questions overwhelmed the class-wide questions in...more

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Investment Services Regulatory Update - December 2018

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – NEW RULES – SEC Adopts New Rules Permitting Covered Investment Fund Research Reports – On November 30, 2018, the SEC adopted Rule 139b under the Securities Act of...more

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Expect Focus - Volume II, June 2018

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New York Pushes Mutual Fund Active Share Disclosure - New York’s Attorney General issued a report on its recent investigation of fees charged by actively managed equity mutual funds and a metric known as “Active Share.”...more

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SEC Adopts T+2 Securities Settlement Cycle

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On March 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) adopted a rule amendment that shortens the time by which most securities transactions effected by a broker-dealer are required to settle. Under the amendment,...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - October 2016 #2

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Editor's Note - Never Satisfied. Despite the Securities and Exchange Commission’s announcement that, in its just completed fiscal year 2016, it filed a record 868 enforcement actions reprimanding misconduct by companies...more

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