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McDermott Will & Emery

SEC hosts roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements

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On June 26, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a roundtable attended by issuers, institutional investors, third-party advisors, and industry groups to discuss potential updates to current executive...more

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FINRA Proposes to Add ‘Knowledgeable Employees’ to Category of Persons Who May Receive Projections and Targeted Returns Under Rule...

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This amendment builds on FINRA’s recent willingness to relax the prohibition on the use of projections and targeted returns in the marketing materials broker-dealers deliver to institutional investors and qualified...more

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How narrow will the 10b5-1 Safe Harbor become? Business community calls for major changes to SEC’s proposals

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The comment period for the SEC’s proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 expired on April 1, 2022. A review of some representative submissions generally showed strong support from institutional and retail investors. ...more

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SEC’s Proposals to Modernize Beneficial Ownership Reporting May Complicate Enforcement of REIT Charter Ownership Limitations

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On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments designed to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting. Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC Proposes New Rules Aimed at Increasing Short Sale Transparency

On Feb. 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed several new rules with the goal of increasing transparency around short selling. Rule 13f-2 would require institutional investment managers (Managers)...more

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SEC targets certain short sellers for new reporting requirements

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On February 25, 2022, the SEC proposed a new requirement for certain institutional investment managers to report short sale information to the SEC on a monthly basis. The SEC would then publicly disclose aggregate data about...more

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Big changes to 13D-13G reporting proposed by SEC

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On February 10, 2022, the SEC proposed significant changes to Section 13(d) reporting obligations, including...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Digital asset securities: broker-dealer custody issues

As 2020 came to a close, the issue of how digital asset securities can be custodied by US broker-dealers became clearer, at least from a regulatory standpoint. In a release issued pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

Highlights of the Recent SEC Proposal to Update the Accredited Investor Definition

The holidays came early in Washington, as on December 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave investors the gift of a proposal to expand the definitions of “accredited investor” and “qualified...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Proposes Expansion of the Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer”

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At the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) open meeting on December 18, 2019, the Commissioners approved proposed amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” under Regulation D under the United...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC proposal seeks to expand access to private funds

On December 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a proposed rule – “Amending the ‘Accredited Investor’ Definition” (the Proposed Rule) – that would expand access to private funds for certain...more

King & Spalding

SEC Proposes Amendments to Financial Disclosures for Acquisitions and Dispositions

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On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Rules 3-05, 3-14 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X governing acquisitions and dispositions of...more

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SEC Proposes Exemption From Broker Registration for Certain Municipal Advisors - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeks...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is seeking comments on a proposed exemptive order granting a conditional exemption from broker registration requirements for certain activities of municipal advisors....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Easing the Prohibitions against Gun-Jumping

On February 19, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule that would generally permit all issuers to “jump the gun”—that is, to make offers to certain institutional investors prior to the filing of a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC’s Proposed Transaction Fee Pilot Program Continues to Provoke Discussion

On March 14, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new Rule 610T of Regulation NMS, which would establish a pilot program to study the effects of potential changes considered by the SEC on certain...more

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