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Europe: Ireland Agrees Mutual Recognition of Funds Framework With Hong Kong

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The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 14 May 2025 establishing a framework for the mutual recognition of funds (MRF)...more

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Vanguard cuts fees

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Vanguard announced expense ratio reductions to 168 mutual fund and exchange-traded share classes across 87 funds. The reductions will save investors more than $350 million in 2025 alone, the largest annual expense ratio...more

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Cayman Islands investment funds

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Over the past 25 years, the Cayman Islands has become a pre-eminent jurisdiction for the formation of alternative investment funds, with around 13,000 regulated open-ended funds and 16,000 regulated closed-ended funds. The...more

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Countdown to T+1: A Shorter Standard Settlement Cycle is Coming Soon

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The standard settlement cycle for certain securities in Canada and the United States will be shortened from trade date plus two business days (“T+2”) to trade date plus one business day (“T+1”) in May 2024. A shorter...more

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CSA Propose Amendments to Facilitate Voluntary T+1 Settlement for Mutual Funds

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have proposed amendments to National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds (“NI 81-102”) to facilitate voluntary decisions by mutual funds to shorten the settlement cycle for...more

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Cinco Celebration May 2023 - One (Cayman Corporate Governance) Rule to Rule Them All ...

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The growth in regulation and oversight of private equity and venture capital funds (“Private Funds”) in the Cayman Islands has again taken a step forward with the recent introduction by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority...more

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CSA Seek Comments on Proposed Consolidated SRO and Investor Protection Funds

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Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issue a request for comments on draft documents related to the proposed amalgamation of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers...more

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OSC Extends Proficiency Exemption For Alternative Mutual Fund Trading

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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently announced that it is extending the blanket relief first issued in January 2021 in regards to the proficiency requirements applicable to mutual fund restricted individuals that...more

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Fed support for at least short term ABCP markets looks quite promising

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The disruptions in economic conditions caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are reaching the commercial paper and longer term debt capital  markets.  The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal...more

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Capital Markets Alert – Public Market Advocacy Groups Release Guidance

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On April 27, 2018, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nasdaq, along with certain technology and biotechnology groups, released a policy paper titled “Expanding...more

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