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On May 16, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted sweeping amendments to Regulation S-P, which governs the privacy of nonpublic consumer personal and financial information for a broad range of financial...more
As we look back on the SEC’s actions in 2024, we wanted to share our thoughts on lessons learned that we believe will carry through to 2025....more
On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued its annual examination priorities for fiscal year 2025. As with its 2024 examination...more
On May 16, 2024, the SEC breathed new life into its decades-old Regulation S-P, which requires firms to adopt policies and procedures for the protection of customer information and records. The amended rule balloons the...more
Covered institutions will need to review their cybersecurity and incident response policies and procedures ahead of the applicable compliance deadline. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted...more
On May 15, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P. Originally passed in 2000, Regulation S-P regulates the treatment of non-public personal information of consumers by...more
SEC DROPS NEW REQUIREMENT FOR INCIDENT RESPONSE PROGRAMS, PROPOSAL FOR RIAS TO ADOPT CIP, SEC EXAMS SHARES MARKETING RULE FAILURES, RIA SLAMMED FOR FAILING TO RETAIN TEXTS, AND SEC WINS ON SHADOW TRADING THEORY - Welcome to...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has announced the adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P (“Amendments”) to modernize and enhance the rules that govern the treatment of consumers’ nonpublic personal...more
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission imposed expanded privacy and cybersecurity obligations on fund managers and sponsors registered with the SEC as investment advisers. While many registered investment advisers...more
In 2021, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued cybersecurity guidance (the DOL Guidance) that sets out the DOL’s views on what processes fiduciaries of benefit plans regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...more
On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued three releases proposing (i) amendments to Regulation S-P (“Regulation S-P Proposal”)1, (ii) amendments to Regulation SCI (“Regulation SCI Proposal”)2,...more
On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed changes to Regulation S-P (“Reg S-P”) that would impose new cybersecurity incident response requirements on broker-dealers, investment...more
In this Weekly Roundup Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to Reg S-P to enhance protection of customer information, and reopened the comment period on proposed cybersecurity rules and...more
The SEC continued its recent onslaught of proposed cybersecurity rules in mid-March with three new proposals covering a litany of entities, including investment advisers, broker-dealers, investment companies, clearing...more
On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed three rule changes that demonstrate its continued focus on cybersecurity. One of these proposals, and the only one to be unanimously approved (the...more
Quick Take: The SEC proposed new requirements for several different market entities designed to mitigate cybersecurity risk, including requirements relating to written policies and procedures and notifications about...more
The SEC, through its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”), recently issued its most detailed cyber guidance to date. OCIE had previously issued several cybersecurity risk alerts over the past few years....more
On January 27, 2020, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced its most recent Cybersecurity and Resiliency Observations. This report highlights specific practices that have been, and can be...more
• The SEC released a Risk Alert summarizing key areas in which it continues to see compliance deficiencies related to Regulation S-P, the primary SEC rule regarding privacy notices and safeguard policies of investment...more
I am hardly saying that SEC Regulation S-P is the sexiest of regulations. I mean, has any customer is history actually read one of those exciting statement stuffers that discloses in some dense font a BD’s privacy policy?...more
For the fourth year running, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office continues to list cybersecurity as one of the top enforcement priorities for 2019. As it relates to cybersecurity, the SEC will be focusing on...more
The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more
On September 15, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert (2015 Risk Alert) to provide broker-dealers and investment...more
On September 15, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) released a Risk Alert (the “2015 Risk Alert”) that announced its second round of cybersecurity...more
Registered broker-dealers and investment advisers received a stern warning to strengthen their cybersecurity programs or face further regulatory scrutiny. On September 15, 2015, the SEC announced a plan to sharpen its focus...more