PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga’s Core Values
Investor Protection for ESG Investing and Complex Products
On 21 May 2025 the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BaFin) has launched a consultation (GZ: WA 35-Wp 5427/00001#00554; available here (in German only)) prior to...more
Early crowdfunding often broke securities laws due to unregistered offerings. In 2015, the SEC's Regulation Crowdfunding (Regulation CF) addressed this, stemming from the JOBS Act. It provides an exemption for certain...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation report on the use cases, risks and challenges of AI in capital markets. The report, which is based on feedback from IOSCO's members...more
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) completed a focused compliance review of the know-your-client (“KYC”), account appropriateness assessment and Client Limit (as defined below) practices of crypto asset trading...more
The European Commission (EC) has published a legislative proposal it has adopted for a Regulation amending the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) to shorten the settlement cycle for EU transactions in...more
On February 12, the Staff (Staff) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14M (SLB 14M). Among other matters, SLB 14M rescinds Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (SLB 14L) and reinstates...more
In a statement entitled “The Journey Begins,” on February 4, 2025, US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) Commissioner Hester Peirce provided new details regarding her thoughts on the agency’s...more
Mineral project disclosure requirements are being reviewed by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) with an eye to providing investors with more relevant disclosure, and to continue to foster fair and efficient capital...more
On February 9, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted to propose a suite of new rules and amendments (the “Proposal”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). If...more
On December 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA) into law. Later that day, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton published a statement providing an...more
The SEC voted to propose a rule designed to enhance the regulation of the use of derivatives by registered investment companies, including closed-end funds, as well as mutual funds, ETFs and business development companies....more