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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

IRS Announces Proposed 162(m) Regulations Defining the Scope of Expanded Covered Employees

On January 16, 2025, the IRS and the Department of the Treasury published proposed regulations relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations provide guidance on, and implement, the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - December 2024

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Investors Versus Machines: The SEC Cracks Down on AI, Robo-Advisors and Potential Conflicts of Interest

We are probably still years away from Wall Street being overrun by actual robots. Nonetheless, artificial intelligence (AI) tools are divisively integrating into all aspects of society—from the classroom to the courtroom....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - April 2023

SEC Rules and Amendments - Liquidity Rule Amendments: Interval Funds to the Rescue? On November 2, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose significant amendments to Rule 22e-4 under the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Climate Proposal: Industry Groups Pile In to Push Back on SEC’s Short Comment Period, as Senators Speak Out

Numerous industry groups have asked the SEC to extend the comment period for the SEC’s recently proposed climate-risk disclosure requirements. Currently, comments on the proposal are due by May 20, 2022.  On April 14, 17...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

SEC Proposed Rule on Climate-Related Disclosures: A Look at Scope 3 Emissions Reporting Requirements

True to its word, the SEC released its proposed rule, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, last week. The rule would require companies to disclose a wide variety of climate-related...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Proposes New Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements

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On March 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules and amendments to enhance and standardize public companies’ disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident...more

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SEC targets certain short sellers for new reporting requirements

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On February 25, 2022, the SEC proposed a new requirement for certain institutional investment managers to report short sale information to the SEC on a monthly basis. The SEC would then publicly disclose aggregate data about...more

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SEC Proposes Significant New Regulatory Obligations for Communication Protocol Systems and Government Securities ATSs

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed significant changes to the regulation of securities trading systems that use non-firm trading interest and alternative trading systems (ATSs) that trade government...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Comment Period Ends for Controversial Proposal Regarding Clawbacks of Executive Incentive Compensation Without Official Action

On October 14, Chairman Gensler announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would reopen the comment period for the controversial compensation clawback rule that it had initially proposed in 2015 in response...more

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Pulling Back the Curtain - SEC Proposes Expanded Share Repurchase Disclosures

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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule amendments that would enhance issuer disclosures regarding their share repurchase transactions. The proposed rule changes consist of two components,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FINRA delays implementation of amendments to FINRA Rule 4210 to October 26, 2021

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 22, 2020, to once more delay the implementation of amendments to FINRA Rule...more

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Financial Services Weekly News: FDIC Releases Guide To Connect Fintechs With Banks

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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a new guide to help financial technology companies and others partner with banks; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it...more

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SEC Proposes Exemption From Broker Registration for Certain Municipal Advisors - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeks...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is seeking comments on a proposed exemptive order granting a conditional exemption from broker registration requirements for certain activities of municipal advisors....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

The CFPB’s Proposed Policy on No-Action Letters and Product Sandbox

The comment period for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) proposed Policy on No-Action Letters and the CFPB Product Sandbox concluded on February 11. As anticipated, the proposal received extensive...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC proposes new variable contract disclosure regime

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) recently proposed a new disclosure framework for SEC-registered variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies (together, variable contracts) that...more

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Clarifying the Single Issuer Exemption for Broker-Dealers

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On September 20th, the SEC released a proposed rule amending Rule 17a-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).[1] Under Rule 17a-5(d)(1)(i)(C) of the Exchange Act, broker-dealers registered with...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Proposes Conduct Standards for Investment Advisers

On April 18, concurrently with its publication for comment of a proposed fiduciary rule for brokers,1 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took several actions that broadly implicate investment advisers....more

A&O Shearman

Raising the Bar? SEC Proposes Broker-Dealer Standard of Care and Guidance on Investment Advisers’ Fiduciary Standard

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On April 18, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) took the long-awaited step of proposing rules, interpretations and guidance (the “Proposed Rules”) that would seek to enhance and clarify the standards of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Proposes Rules for Requiring Universal Proxy Cards in Contested Director Elections

During its open meeting last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose amendments to the federal proxy rules to require the use of universal proxy cards for all annual or special meetings with...more

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US Securities and Exchange Commission Proposes Enhanced Regulatory Framework for Covered Clearing Agencies

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission voted to establish enhanced standards for the operation and governance of securities clearing agencies that are deemed systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Hyperlinking to Exhibits

Earlier this week, as part of the continuing Disclosure Effectiveness initiative, the SEC released a proposed rule for comment that would require registrants that file registration statements and periodic and current reports...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XI, Issue 27

BREXIT UPDATE - Nathaniel Lalone, a Financial Services partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP, will continue to share his insight into the evolution of the relationship between the United Kingdom and European Union in...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

Proposed Financial Disclosure Changes Could Impact Funds and BDCs

At an open meeting this week, the SEC voted to propose changes to certain disclosure rules affecting public issuers including, among others, investment companies and business development companies (BDCs)....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Proposes Rule Requiring Registered Advisers to Adopt Business Continuity and Transition Plans

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On June 28, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new Rule 206(4)-4 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) that would require registered investment advisers to adopt and implement...more

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