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Podcast: Federal Court Rejects Mutual Fund Fee Claims and Recognizes Market Realities
Thomson Reuters Session 2: Investment Management, Hedge Funds and Registered Mutual Funds: What's Happening Now?
Cole-Frieman & Mallon partner/co-founder Bart Mallon Discusses CFTC Regulation 4.5, the Volcker Rule & Other Compliance Issues
One of the most talked about topics in asset management is the possibility of offering Mutual Fund and ETF Classes in the same Fund. It appears that Funds may obtain the Relief necessary to offer these Share Classes in the...more
On October 31, 2024, the SEC censured a major wirehouse for selling mutual funds to customers when lower-priced exchange-traded fund (ETF) “clones” of those funds were available. The SEC found that when recommending the...more
Who may be interested: Mutual Funds; Exchange-Traded Funds - Quick Take: Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“CBOE”) has filed an application with the SEC pursuant to Rule 19b-4 under the Exchange Act seeking approval of a proposed...more
On January 10, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order approving the applications of 11 different spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded products (the “Approved ETPs”) to each list and trade their shares on...more
The regulation of broker-dealer communications is delegated to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), while investment adviser advertisements are regulated directly by the US Securities and Exchange...more
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ("Dimensional"), a quantitative investment firm, recently filed an application for exemptive relief ("Application") with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), seeking permission to offer...more
Those with nonpublic information about a merger or acquisition involving a company appear to be profiting by trading in shares of exchange-traded funds based on indexes that include such companies’ shares, according to a...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Directors of Registered Investment Companies; and Investment Advisers. Quick Take: Registered funds should expect the staff of the Division of Examinations (Staff)...more
On October 26, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt rule and form amendments (the “final rules”) related to (1) shareholder reports of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered...more
On Oct. 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously voted to amend the annual and semi-annual shareholder report requirements for mutual funds and ETFs (Funds). The amendments, which require that Funds...more
UPDATE ON CRYPTO ASSETS IN ETFS - In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management staff penned a letter to the Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial...more
On October 26, 2021, the SEC released a Risk Alert from the Division of Examinations which provides observations from recent examinations of mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and investment advisers, including...more
The staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) recently published a risk alert spotlighting observations from its “RIC Initiatives” — 200+ examinations of mutual...more
In This Issue. The Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) issued a report acknowledging climate change as threat to financial stability; Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman advocates for...more
The Division of Examinations staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a risk alert on October 26, 2021, titled “Observations from Examinations in the Registered Investment Company Initiatives,” which...more
On October 28, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt Rule 18f-4 (the Final Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), which establishes a comprehensive framework...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed comprehensive modifications to the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs and, collectively with mutual funds, funds). The purpose of...more
On August 5, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and to the advertising rules applicable to investment companies...more
On August 5, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed modifications (the Proposed Rule) to the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered on Form N-1A...more
In a substantial August 5, 2020, release (the Proposal), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to the existing disclosure framework applicable to mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (open-end...more
The Situation: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations ("OCIE") issued its 2020 examination priorities ("Exam Priorities"). The Result: The Exam Priorities...more
In this issue, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from October 2019 to early January 2020 impacting the investment management sector, including SEC action on use of derivatives by registered...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
On November 25, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose a new rule regarding the regulation of the use of derivatives by registered investment companies, including mutual funds, exchange-traded funds...more
REGULATORY UPDATES - Investors Continue to Press Regulators for Disclosure of Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) Risks...more