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In this alert, we present the key lessons to be learned from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) settlement with Sound Point Capital Management, LP (Sound Point), and discuss whether a similar enforcement...more
On August 26, 2024, it was not the first time the SEC settled charges with a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) for willfully violating Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act (204A) by failing to establish, maintain and...more
Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals. This month, we examine: •The SEC’s case against crypto firm Kraken is permitted to...more
Who may be interested: Investment Advisers; Compliance Staff - Quick Take: The SEC announced that it had settled charges against a registered investment adviser (Adviser) for failing to establish, maintain, and enforce...more
In February 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) proposed sweeping new regulatory requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) for investment...more
On August 23, 2023, the SEC voted (3-2) to adopt new rules and amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 applicable to private fund advisers (available here), which were initially proposed in February 2022. The...more
In December 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted changes to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize the regulatory framework for investment advisers’ advertising and marketing...more
On December 20, 2020, the SEC adopted reforms under the Advisers Act which modernized rules that govern investment adviser advertising and payments to solicitors. On September 19, 2022, the SEC Division of Examinations...more
Our Investment Management Alert from earlier this month described to private fund advisers the importance of the Security Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Examinations recent Risk Alert on cross trades and principal...more
There is some (at least regulatory) good news for CLOs this summer. In late June, the Federal Reserve Board, the Treasury Department, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,...more
Below is a summary of recent investment management developments that affect registered investment companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and others in the investment management industry. Schwab...more
The SEC Acts to Protect Whistleblowers Against Restrictive Confidentiality Provisions. In a development that should send HR directors and general counsels to review their form confidentiality agreements, the SEC announced...more