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Vedder Price

SEC Settles Enforcement Proceedings Against Investment Adviser Regarding Alleged Misleading Disclosure Concerning Capital Gains...

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On January 17, 2025, the SEC announced the settlement of administrative proceedings brought against a registered investment adviser for allegedly making materially misleading statements relating to capital gains distributions...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Settlement Highlights Importance of Proper Disclosure Requirements for Private Fund Managers

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On January 10, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against two fund managers (collectively the “Fund Managers”) and their sole owner, chief executive office, chief compliance office, and founder...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - December 2023

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Happy Holidays! The December Monthly Minute includes a fiduciary checkup reminder and a look at HHS’ recent settlement stemming from a phishing attack that impacted ePHI of nearly 35,000 individuals....more

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SEC Announces the First Enforcement Action under the New Marketing Rule

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced on August 21, 2023 that it has settled with a FinTech registered investment adviser (the “Adviser”) that offers multiple investment strategies, including a...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Settles Charges With Adviser for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Relating to Leveraged ETF Investments

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Advisers. Quick Take: The SEC recently settled charges against an investment adviser (Adviser) and one of the Adviser’s partial owners for breach of fiduciary duty in...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

SEC Settlement Proves That It’s Easy Enough For An IA To Get In Trouble Just For Doing Nothing

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My job frequently requires that I explain to someone – whether my client, an ALJ, an arbitration panel, even a regulator – the fundamental difference between a broker-dealer and an investment advisor. An IA operates pursuant...more

A&O Shearman

Investment Adviser Settles SEC Allegations Over Directing Clients To High-Fee Mutual Fund Share Classes

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On August 1, 2017, Cadaret, Grant & Co., a Delaware investment adviser and broker-dealer, settled claims brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that it violated various provisions of the...more

King & Spalding

SEC Steps Up Scrutiny On Private Fund Fee Allocation Practices

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In two recent cases, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) has made clear that it has increased its focus on private funds and their allocation of fees and expenses. In the most recent, the SEC entered an order on...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Regulators Are Watching: New Products, New Opportunities, New Risks - Volume III, Summer 2014

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In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT ..Standard CGL Policy Form Adds Data Breach Coverage Exclusion - LIFE INSURANCE ..Class Claims Against Lincoln National Barred in Section 419 Action – Again ...more

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