Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – FinTech initiatives
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Investment company developments
An Overview of the SEC’s Recently Adopted Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Rule
On July 1, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued another in a series of statements regarding crypto assets. This particular statement, titled...more
One of the most talked about topics in asset management is the possibility of offering Mutual Fund and ETF Classes in the same Fund. For fund sponsors and service providers looking to offer this service, there are significant...more
One of the most talked about topics in asset management is the possibility of offering Mutual Fund and ETF Classes in the same Fund. It appears that Funds may obtain the Relief necessary to offer these Share Classes in the...more
Introduction - On March 17, 2025, Ropes & Gray published a white paper describing the much-anticipated Share Class Relief 1 and outlining matters we believed Advisers and Boards may want to consider in connection with...more
“The most recent development in the registered investment funds space has been the long-awaited movement toward the SEC granting dual share class ETF exemptive relief. This will be a significant catalyst for growth in...more
ESMA Guidelines and Final Draft RTS on Liquidity Management Tools of UCITS and Open-Ended AIFs - Pursuant to the revised Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD) and Directive 2009/65/EC (UCITS Directive), the European Securities and...more
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have gained an increasing foothold in the wealth-management investment universe, with ETF assets under management currently about half the assets under management of mutual funds. As the ETF...more
Regulatory shifts are creating new opportunities in exchange-traded products and public capital markets for digital asset companies....more
On 17 April 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland published its latest UCITS Q&A (42nd Edition). The Q&A contains its updated policy position regarding portfolio transparency requirements for exchange traded funds ("ETFs")...more
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
On October 31, 2024, the SEC censured a major wirehouse for selling mutual funds to customers when lower-priced exchange-traded fund (ETF) “clones” of those funds were available. The SEC found that when recommending the...more
On 28 May 2024, the settlement period for substantially all transactions in US markets will be reduced by one day, from two business days after the trade date (T+2) to one business day after the trade date (T+1). While most...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted, in a 3-2 vote, rule and form amendments impacting proxy disclosures reporting on Form N-PX (the “amendments”). The amendments that are applicable to mutual...more
After much anticipation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed significant, and potentially burdensome, disclosure and reporting requirements (the Proposed Amendments) for registered funds that use...more
UPDATE ON CRYPTO ASSETS IN ETFS - In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management staff penned a letter to the Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial...more
On October 7, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published amendments (the Amendments) implementing eight initiatives aimed at reducing regulatory burden for investment funds. The Amendments make up the...more
On 10 September 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden of Oregon released a discussion draft proposing changes to partnership taxation, and to the taxation of regulated investment companies including mutual funds...more
The Division of Examinations plans to continue prioritizing traditional areas while improving their overall approach, building on past work and interactions with investors and those in the industry, according to the 2021 Exam...more
On October 28, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt Rule 18f-4 (the Final Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), which establishes a comprehensive framework...more
On October 28, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3–2 to adopt Rule 18f-4 (the Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Investment Company Act), which will replace decades-old SEC and staff...more
The SEC recently adopted Rule 12d1-4 (Rule 12d1-4 or Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) to streamline the regulatory framework applicable to registered funds that invest in other funds (funds of funds)....more
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - On 7 October 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted new rule 12d1-4 (Rule 12d1-4) and related amendments under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) that it believes...more
I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a bold new approach to shareholder and investor communications by investment companies registered on Form N-1A under the Investment...more
On 10 July 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amending Form 13F and Rule 13f-1 to raise the reporting threshold at which institutional investment managers are required to complete and file Form 13F...more
In 2020, investment companies should be prepared for important compliance deadlines and likely US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemakings. In this Bottom Line videocast, Cynthia Beyea and Ronald Coenen Jr....more