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SEC No-Action Relief Clears Operational Hurdles for Broker-Dealers Handling ETFs with Foreign Holdings

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Who may be interested: Exchange-Traded Funds, Broker-Dealers, Registered Investment Companies, Registered Investment Advisers, Compliance Staff, Boards of Directors - Quick Take: The Securities and Exchange Commission (the...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on SEC's Changes to Rule 14a-8 No-Action Request Process, FINRA's Call for...

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Staff Announces Changes to Rule 14a-8 No-Action Request Process - On September 6, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced...more

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SEC Simplifies Filing of Broker-Dealer Annual Reports on EDGAR

The SEC has previously provided guidance on the filing of annual and supplemental reports required under Rule 17a-5 or Rule 17a-12 by broker-dealers or over-the-counter derivatives dealers on the SEC EDGAR system. However,...more

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The emissions cheating scandal that recently cost VW $4.3 billion and a mess of criminal indictments isn’t, it seems, confined to the Germans. We heard months ago about a similar probe into Mitsubishi, and yesterday we...more

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“Promptly Transmit” Redefined for Some Customer Checks

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The SEC and FINRA recently extended relief originally granted to accommodate suitability reviews of deferred variable annuities, so that the relief is now also available for mutual funds, Section 529 plans, and other...more

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Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make me a… 506(b) Private Placement Investment

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The SEC has given the go-ahead to a venture capital firm’s plan to conduct 506(b) private placements online. On August 5, 2015, the Commission issued a no-action letter to Citizen VC, Inc., saying the firm’s proposed online...more

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FINRA Rule 2040 Goes Into Effect

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On August 24, 2015, FINRA Rule 2040 concerning payments to unregistered persons went into effect. The rule, approved by the SEC in January 2015, is aligned with § 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Generally, FINRA...more

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