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February 2025 has already proven to be a busy month in the congressional and US Securities and Exchange Commission public discourse regarding the digital assets sector. Members of the SEC and US Congress made significant...more
With the Presidential and Congressional transitions taking place this month, we expect increased investment and transactional activity in capital markets. This will likely include trading platforms, exchanges, clearinghouses,...more
The new year always marks the start of a busy regulatory filing season for registered investment advisers, including investment advisers that file Form PF (“Form PF Filers”). This year could be especially challenging since,...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have extended the compliance deadline for the amendments to Form PF, moving it from March 12, 2025 to June 12, 2025....more
INVESTMENT ADVISERS - Annual Compliance Reviews - All investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or at the state level are required to review their compliance policies and...more
On January 29, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (together, the “Agencies”) jointly announced that the compliance date for the new Form PF would be extended by three...more
Introduction - On 5 December 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Divisions of Clearing and Risk, Data, Market Oversight, and Market Participants issued a staff advisory on the use of artificial intelligence...more
The SEC's wave of enforcement actions concerning "off-channel" communications did not abate in 2024. In total, the SEC announced more than 70 firms agreed to pay more than a half-billion dollars combined to settle charges for...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
Elections, as they say, have consequences. That bit of political wisdom certainly will be true again this time around—our president-elect has been announcing appointees for cabinet positions that are bound to bring about...more
Since December 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have been conducting a sweep of Wall Street’s “off-channel” communications—such as text messages, iMessages,...more
In September 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “the Commission”) resolved three separate actions against corporate entities for reaching agreements with employees, potential employees, and clients that,...more
On September 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) published a final rule, adopting amendments to CFTC Rule 4.7, which provides exemptive relief from certain compliance obligations to registered...more
Our Investment Funds Group examines how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has amended Regulation 4.7 to increase investor suitability standards and provide additional flexibility for funds-of-funds reporting....more
SEC's and CFTC's Enforcement Actions Against Multiple Firms - In its continued pursuit of rooting out and penalizing broker-dealers and investment advisers for their failure to prevent unapproved communication methods, the...more
Two and a half years after the first major settlement with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) persist in their...more
Vice President Kamala Harris's selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate imposes restrictions on campaign contributions to the Harris-Walz campaign by federally registered investment advisers (RIAs), exempt...more
Alongside the rapid pace of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemaking, the SEC and its Staff continue to shape regulatory obligations for investment advisers in 2024 through guidance, alerts, enforcement actions,...more
Overview: Investment advisers that seek to manage public money need to consider the SEC’s “pay to play” rule, which restricts election-related contributions by the firms or their “covered associates” to elected state...more
On May 22, 2024, with bi-partisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (“FIT21”), becoming the first major cryptocurrency legislation to...more
We have separately discussed the common exemptions from registration of a fund manager with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an investment adviser and from registration with the Commodity Future Trading...more
Securities and Exchange Commission. Customer ID requirements. On May 13, 2024, SEC and FinCEN proposed a rule designed to make it more difficult for criminal actors to establish customer relationships with investment...more
Last Lap in SEC RILA Rulemaking Critical Unresolved Issues - Congress directed the SEC to adopt a new registration statement for registered indexed annuities (RILAs) by the end of June. Several months ago, the SEC...more