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June 18, 2025 On June 12, 2025, various divisions within the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) formally withdrew a number of pending proposed rules which would have affected investment advisers, investment companies,...more
On January 8, 2025, the staff (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management (IM) released the 2025 Names Rule FAQs (2025 FAQs) related to the amendment of Rule 35d-1 (Names Rule)...more
In a 3-0 decision issued today, June 5, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) vacated the new private funds rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 23, 2023 (the “Rule”)....more
On November 1, 2023, the industry groups (the Petitioners) challenging the new Private Fund Adviser Rules filed in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit their opening brief (the Brief) setting forth their legal...more
On November 2, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), by a vote of 3-2, proposed amendments to rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that would modify the existing liquidity risk management...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose money market fund reforms; the SEC also proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and to modernize and improve share repurchase...more
In This Issue. The federal bank regulators published frequently asked questions concerning the London Interbank Offered Rate transition; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) confirmed an effective date for two...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its exemptive applications procedures under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act) and proposed to amend Form 13F to...more
This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve a proposing release for comment that would amend the definition of “accredited investor,” as well as amend the definition of “qualified institutional buyer.” ...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission released the report from the August 2019 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The Annual Forum provides an opportunity for market participants to meet and...more
On July 3, 2019, Chairman Jay Clayton of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Statement Regarding Offers of Settlement (the “Public Statement”) to announce a significant shift in the SEC’s process of...more
After 26 years and the issuance of over 300 exemptive orders, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission), through the rulemaking process, is seeking to simplify and streamline the regulatory process for new...more