News & Analysis as of

Fiduciary Duty Retail Investors Enforcement Actions

Ropes & Gray LLP

SEC Speaks 2025: Key Takeaways from Division of Enforcement Panels

Ropes & Gray LLP on

The SEC’s Division of Enforcement intends to remain a “cop on the beat,” and will refocus on traditional core enforcement areas, such as insider trading, accounting and disclosure fraud, market manipulation, and breaches of...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Files First Reg BI Action Against Broker-Dealer

Seward & Kissel LLP on

On June 15, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a complaint against California-based broker-dealer Western International Securities, Inc. (“Western”) alleging violations of Regulation Best Interest...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Adopts New Interpretation of Fiduciary Duty

On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a comprehensive interpretation (the “Interpretation”) of the fiduciary duties that investment advisers owe to their clients under the Investment Advisers...more

A&O Shearman

SEC Settles Charges Against Investment Advisers And Returns $125 Million To Investors

A&O Shearman on

On March 11, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it had settled charges against 79 investment advisers as part of its Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative (the “Initiative”), which was...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Proposes New Interpretation of Fiduciary Duty

On April 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new interpretation (the “Proposed Interpretation”) of the fiduciary duties of investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as...more

5 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide