Cybersecurity in the investment management industry
The EDGAR Next system has gone live, and all filers – including public companies, investment funds, insiders, and third-party filing agents – must re-enroll in the EDGAR Next system by September 15, 2025, with the legacy...more
On March 3, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance expanding its policies related to its confidential Draft Registration Statement (DRS) review process to all registration statements made...more
This year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) is rolling out significant technical changes to its electronic filing system, EDGAR (which stands for Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval), aimed at...more
Companies should not minimize the extent of a material cybersecurity incident by omitting material facts regarding the scope and potential impact of the incident. Cybersecurity risk factor disclosures should be tailored to a...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently adopted Rule 13f-2 and Form SHO under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), implementing provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more
On September 27, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rules 10 and 11 of Regulation S-T, Form ID, and the EDGAR Filer Manual, all of which will change the way filers access and manage...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission has signed off on new rules for e-signatures. Our Securities Group examines the new authentication procedures and outlines how to start using an electronic signature process....more
On 17 November 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had adopted new rules and rule amendments to permit the use of electronic signatures for executing documents filed with the SEC through its...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released its Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2018 to 2022. The plan identifies three goals. ...more
19 Law Firm Consensus Report as of 10:00 am EST, Monday, January 22, 2018 - On Friday, January 19, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that “should there be a federal government shutdown after...more
The U.S. federal government shutdown that began Saturday has the potential to affect capital markets and public companies in far-reaching ways. While the Securities and Exchange Commission currently plans to operate fully...more
On March 23, 2016, three bills affecting access to capital markets were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 4850: Micro Offering Safe Harbor - Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota introduced this...more