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SEC Lifts Moratorium on Registering Swiss Investment Advisers

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On June 10, 2025, the SEC issued a press release announcing that, effective immediately, it would resume processing new and pending registration applications of investment advisers with their principal office and place of...more

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Raising the Bar: SEC Evaluating an Increase in Minimum AUM Threshold for Investment Adviser Registration

On April 8, 2025, Acting SEC Chairman Mark T. Uyeda gave a speech signaling that the SEC may revisit the current minimum assets under management (“AUM”) threshold for federal registration, potentially reducing the number of...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

SEC Enforcement Actions Related to Electronic Communications Recordkeeping Failures

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On January 13, 2025 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled Administrative Proceedings against three broker/dealers and nine investment advisers related to electronic communications recordkeeping...more

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SEC Enhances Regulation of Private Fund Advisers

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On August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt new rules and amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) to the regulation of private fund advisers (Final Rule). The...more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

SEC Division of Investment Management Staff Releases Updated FAQ Regarding Marketing Rule Compliance

On January 11, 2023, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (the “Division Staff”) updated its list of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) related to amended Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Marketing Rule”) under the...more

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Publication of Sweeping Changes to SEC Marketing Rule Sets Effective and Compliance Dates

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On March 5, 2021, the SEC release adopting broad changes to rule 206(4)-1 under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940 was published in the federal register...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC Adopts New Marketing Rule

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Dec. 22, 2020, that it has finalized amendments to the current advertising rule (Rule 206(4)-1) and cash solicitation rule (Rule 206(4)-3) under the Investment...more

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

The SEC Adopts a Modernized Marketing Rule and the Testimonial Prohibition is No Longer

On December 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released an amended, “modernized” Rule 206(4)-1 of the Investment Adviser’s Act of 1940 (the “Marketing Rule”) citing advancements in technology, changes in...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Volcker Rule Amendments: Implications for Asset Managers

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On June 25, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board, the OCC, the FDIC, the SEC and the CFTC (collectively, the "Agencies") adopted amendments (the "Amendments") to the regulations implementing section 13 of the Bank Holding Company...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Proposes Significant Amendments to Investment Adviser Solicitation Rule

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the ”SEC”), on November 4, approved the publication of a substantial release (the “Release”) proposing significant amendments to the rules under the Investment...more

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