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On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Marketing Rule”). The new FAQs permit...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission staff (Staff) has issued revised guidance regarding the application of Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Marketing Rule), providing flexibility for...more
On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management updated its Marketing Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to address industry confusion that has arisen in the wake...more
On March 19, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued two new FAQs related to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Rule”). The new guidance reduces the complexity of the...more
On March 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new FAQ response1 that softens prior guidance on the use of gross and net performance in advertisements. The new FAQs (the New Guidance) reduce the burden of...more
On 19 March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Marketing Rule) (available here)....more
On March 19, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) pertaining to Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Marketing Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of...more
On March 19, 2025, the SEC made two significant updates to the Marketing Rule's FAQ page. DWT discussed the SEC's recently adopted Marketing Rule (Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940) in our 2024 post, and...more
The FAQs provide investment advisers greater flexibility to present investment performance solely on a gross basis. On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) Staff released two new...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The staff of the Division of Investment Management’s Disclosure Review & Accounting Office (Staff) issued an Accounting and...more
On Jan. 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new FAQ response discussing an investment adviser’s obligations with respect to the use of gross and net performance information in the marketing of private...more
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On May 5, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued broad modified guidance on its regulation and enforcement of the markets during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Financial Industry Regulatory...more
On April 27, 2020, the Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) posted a question and answer on its Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response FAQs web page which provides...more
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On October 18, 2019, the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued guidance in the form of Frequently Asked Questions that address certain matters regarding the disclosure of conflicts of interest involving the receipt...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed on November 4, 2019 significant amendments to its current rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) relating to investment adviser...more
On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to rules governing investment adviser advertisements and payment to solicitors under the Investment Advisers Act. The comment period...more
On August 21, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in response to increasing concerns that proxy advisory firms hold excessive sway over voting results, issued guidance (the “2019 Advisor Guidance”) that...more
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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS – OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on Compliance Issues Relating to Best Execution – On July 11, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and...more