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February and March 2025 Regulatory Roundup

SEC Clarifies Marketing Rule, Warms up to Crypto and Private Placements under 506(c), and Backs off Form SHO; Latest Lessons from EXAMS: Duty of Care and Risk Identification Failures - Welcome to our February and March 2025...more

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Enforcement News: Cherry-Picking Scheme Back In The News

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Two weeks ago, this Blog wrote about an enforcement action involving an investment adviser’s former co-chief investment officer who had been charged with running a more than $600 million cherry-picking scheme (here). Today,...more

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SEC Charges Crypto Firm with Custody Rule Violations and Misleading Fund Investors on the Timing of Redemption Notices

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On September 3, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced settled charges against Galois Capital Management LLC (“Galois”), a Florida-based former registered investment adviser, for failing to...more

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Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends - September 2024

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This monthly bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more

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U.S. SEC Decision to Withdraw MiFID Relief Causing Turmoil for Research Providers and for Users of Research Services

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The EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (“MiFID II”), which came into effect on January 3, 2018, raised concerns that U.S. broker-dealers that would receive “hard dollars” for research from firms subject to MiFID...more

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SEC Reopens Comment Period for Proposal on New Safeguarding Rule for Investment Advisers

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Who may be interested: Investment Advisers. Quick Take: The SEC recently reopened the comment period for proposed rule changes that would amend and redesignate Rule 206(4)-2 under the Advisers Act (the “Current Custody...more

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Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: June 1, 2023

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. ...more

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SEC Proposes New Safeguarding Rule for Investment Advisers

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Quick Take: The SEC recently proposed rule changes that would amend and redesignate Rule 206(4)-2 under the Advisers Act (the “Current Custody Rule”) and amend certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The proposals...more

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Regulation of Custodial Practices Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Rule 206(4)-2

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Regulation of Custodial Practices under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 is a comprehensive outline summarizing SEC regulatory requirements for investment advisers that have custody of their client’s assets (or that want...more

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SEC Charges Sixteen Firms for Recordkeeping Failures Related to Employee Use of Personal Devices

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On September 27, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) entered into a series of settled orders (“Orders”) against 15 broker-dealers and one affiliated investment adviser for widespread failures by the...more

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Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: July 1, 2022

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. ...more

White & Case LLP

Leveraged Loan Update: Millennium Court Decision Confirms Syndicated Loans Are (Still) Not Securities

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The Bottom Line: On May 22, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York concluded that broadly syndicated term loans are not "securities". This decision is highly significant to the US...more

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Investment Management Update

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SEC Issues Guidance on Mutual Fund Fee Structure - The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management recently issued a guidance update addressing disclosure issues and certain procedural...more

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2016 Year In Review: Securities Litigation And Regulation

2016 was an active year in securities litigation. In the first half of 2016 alone, plaintiffs filed 119 new federal class action securities cases. It was also a busy year for SEC enforcement proceedings, with a record 868...more

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Investment Management Update

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Investment Adviser AXA Wins Excessive Fee Trial - A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled in favor of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (AXA Equitable) and its wholly owned subsidiary, AXA Equitable Funds Management...more

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SEC Amendments to Form ADV and Advisers Act Rules Change Investment Adviser Reporting Requirements

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Proposals made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2015 to amend Form ADV and certain rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) (SEC Proposes Significant Reporting Requirement Amendments to...more

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SEC Proposes Significant Reporting Requirement Amendments to Form ADV

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On May 20, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released several proposals, "Amendments to Form ADV and Investment Advisers Act Rules," that would require investment advisers to provide additional information on...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The question of forum selection by the SEC was a key issue this week. While to date suits challenging the SEC’s right to bring an action as an administrative proceeding rather than in federal court have had little success –...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Private Equity: SEC Custody Rule—One Size Does Not Fit All

As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act, since 2012 investment advisers that operate pooled investment vehicles such as hedge funds and private equity funds with $150 million of assets under management became subject to the...more

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