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Podcast Episode 189: Adding Context to Compliance and Color To Your Legal Practice
Basics of Impact Investing: A Conversation About Investment Policies and Evaluation Metrics For ESG Investors
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This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more
Builder of Investment Models Deviates From Blueprints Employee’s Rogue Remodeling Costs Builder Plenty - The SEC’s recent order instituting administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings (OIP) against registered...more
The SEC’s recent order instituting administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings (OIP) against registered investment advisers Two Sigma Investments LP and Two Sigma Advisers LP illustrates significant risks for investment...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought a number of significant enforcement proceedings against investment advisers and broker-dealers in FY 2024 and during the first quarter of FY 2025. If history serves as a...more
2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...more
On February 6, 2025, the SEC announced that it was providing a temporary exemption from compliance with Rule 13f-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), which establishes a mandatory short reporting...more
The new year always marks the start of a busy regulatory filing season for registered investment advisers, including investment advisers that file Form PF (“Form PF Filers”). This year could be especially challenging since,...more
On April 3, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) brought its first enforcement action against a “stand-alone” SEC registered investment adviser (“RIA”) for violations of, among others, Section 204 of and...more
On February 9, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against five broker-dealers, seven dually registered broker-dealers and investment advisers, and four affiliated investment advisers for...more
Mindful of the impending retirement of many millions of investors in the “baby boomer” generation, which hold a substantial amount of the world’s wealth, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) continues to...more
The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges....more
On June 15, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a complaint against California-based broker-dealer Western International Securities, Inc. (“Western”) alleging violations of Regulation Best Interest...more
In the News. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published its proxy voting guidelines updates for 2021, which include new and updated voting recommendations on federal forum and exclusive forum provisions in companies’...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more
This alert provides a brief discussion of the practice of using unregistered “finders” in the context of a private securities offering. We provide background on the process, discuss various risks and considerations, and...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the single director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for the CFPB and other...more
As we continue to monitor the SEC’s enforcement activity during this pandemic, it is also important to look ahead to potential future enforcement trends and priorities once a sense of normalcy returns. One initial thing that...more
Priming the Pump. As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), consistent with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), took additional...more
Paycheck Protection Problems. In last week’s Roundup, we discussed the initial guidance issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) on the implementation of the...more
In This Issue. In response to the ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), federal financial regulators continue to take aggressive actions to promote stability to the financial markets. The Board of Governors...more
Welcome to the 2020 edition of In Principle. With the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) on31 January 2020, and moving into a transition period which will last until 31 December 2020, Brexit of courselooms...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule that would permit funds to enter into derivative and certain other transactions, notwithstanding leverage restrictions under the Investment Company...more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Improving Fund Principal Risks Disclosure - On September 9, 2019, the Disclosure Review and Accounting Office...more
On June 5, 2017 the Supreme Court dealt a significant setback to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by limiting its power to extract ill-gotten profits from securities laws violators....more
In the week since the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Kokesh v. SEC, which rejected the Securities and Exchange Commission’s longstanding position that disgorgement was an equitable remedy not subject to the five-year...more