Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Investment company developments
Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Data Privacy and Security
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The SEC’s amended Regulation S-P, adopted last year, will soon enhance data privacy protections for broker-dealers, investment companies, registered investment advisors, and transfer agents. The updated rule requires these...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
In its efforts to address cybersecurity risks, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continues to propose rules on cybersecurity. Most recently, on March 15, 2023, the SEC announced its proposal of three...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has joined a host of other regulators in doubling down on efforts to protect against the rapidly intensifying cyber threats - with important implications for all SEC-registered...more
In today’s asset management landscape, cybersecurity threats are omnipresent, and with constantly evolving tools of attack, actual breaches have become increasingly prevalent. As the complexity, scope, and frequency of cyber...more
Following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler's recent speech directing the agency to expand cybersecurity requirements on regulated entities, the SEC on Feb. 9, 2022, voted to propose new...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed a comprehensive framework of cybersecurity-related rules and amendments for investment advisers and investment companies. Although advisers and funds may have...more
On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced proposed new cybersecurity risk management rules and amendments for investment advisers and investment companies. The proposed rules are designed to address...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is implementing a campaign to overhaul the agency’s expectations around cybersecurity and cyber incident reporting for the financial services industry and corporate America...more
The close of 2019 witnessed a significant development in data security law that impacts companies regulated with respect to or engaged in the trading of public securities, as well as those companies that provide services to...more
Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Private Fund Services Practice Group, hosts a series of candid, interactive webinar discussions for West LegalEdcenter on what is going on...more
A U.K. court has granted an asset preservation order over Bitcoin stolen in a "spear phishing" attack on a major crypto-currency trader. The decision confirms that proprietary claims over Bitcoin constitute serious issues...more
As every investment adviser, broker-dealer, and fund (and their lawyer) knows, noncompliance with Regulation S-P, the SEC’s primary rule on privacy notices and safeguard policies, can land a registrant in hot and expensive...more
On August 7, 2017, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a summary of its observations (the report) from cybersecurity examinations of 75...more
On August 7, 2017, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert summarizing its observations from cybersecurity preparedness examinations conducted of 75 broker-dealers, investment...more
Non-Enforcement - SEC Decides Against Mounting an Appeal in Koch Ruling - The July 2015 ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court in Koch v. SEC will apparently not be challenged by the SEC. The Court ruled in that...more
On April 28, 2015, the SEC's Division of Investment Management released a Guidance Update providing cybersecurity guidance for investment companies and investment advisors (firms). The SEC has prioritized cybersecurity as a...more