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The SEC is under pressure to increase direct or indirect participation by everyday “retail” investors (consisting primarily of those who do not qualify as “accredited investors” under SEC Regulation D) in certain investment...more
On March 4, 2025, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) wrote to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to express its support of a request for co-investment exemptive relief by an applicant and urge that the SEC grant...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
Once upon a time, in 1994, when I was a young lawyer in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (Division), Office of Chief Counsel, we received a request to modify a previously granted but totally impractical no-action...more
On March 18, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled charges against two SEC registered investment advisers for making false and misleading statements about their purported use of artificial...more
Like other savvy businesses, investment advisers and broker-dealers have increasingly embraced the use of predictive data analytics, artificial intelligence, and similar technologies (AI-like technologies) to help generate...more
Covering legal developments and regulatory news for registered funds, their advisers and industry participants through June 30, 2019. Auditor Independence With Respect to Certain Loans or Debtor-Creditor Relationships - On...more
Regulation - OCIE Cautions Advisers on Outsourcing Compliance Activities: In a Risk Alert dated November 9, 2015, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) said it found that outsourced...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