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Department of Labor Proposes Rule on Valuing Stock for ESOP Stock Purchase and Sale Transactions

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On January 16, 2025, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) at the Department of Labor (DOL) released drafts of long-awaited proposed regulations seeking to clarify the definition of “adequate consideration” as...more

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Proposed Reforms to Private Fund Adviser Regulation

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On February 9, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed changes to the rules governing advisers to private funds. If adopted, the rules would constitute a sweeping change to the regulatory...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Counting down to June 5

Admittedly, it is not one of those “Do you remember where you were when it happened?” moments (for those old enough to remember, think November 16, 1981, when Luke and Laura married), but for the broker-dealer and investment...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The emerging patchwork of fiduciary investment advice regulation – Putting the pieces together (update)

By all accounts, 2019 will see a number of fiduciary and best interest investment advice regulations advance at both the federal and state levels. Firms subject to these regulations will face challenges in dealing with rules...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The emerging patchwork of fiduciary investment advice regulation – Putting the pieces together

By all accounts, 2019 will see the advancement of a number of fiduciary and best interest investment advice regulations at both the federal and state levels. Firms subject to these regulations will face challenges in dealing...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Proposed Regulation BI coverage of retirement investors

There is some debate about the intended scope of Regulation Best Interest (Regulation BI) as proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case of retirement investors. Generally, proposed Regulation BI...more

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Is Nevada's Broker-Dealer Fiduciary Standard Constitutional?

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Recently, I wrote about the Nevada Secretary of State's proposal to adopt regulations implementing legislation that imposes a fiduciary standard on brokers. See Nevada Secretary Of State Unveils Proposed Broker-Dealer...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The far reach of state law – Nevada proposes fiduciary duty regulations for broker-dealers and investment advisers

Under Nevada law, financial planners owe a fiduciary duty to their clients. In accordance with this duty, a financial planner must disclose, at the time advice is given, any gain the financial planner may receive if the...more

Jones Day

Regulation Best Interest: The Next Big Thing for Broker-Dealer Cross-Border Private Wealth

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In April 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") released Regulation Best Interest, or Reg BI, a proposed rule that will require broker-dealers to operate in the best interest of their customers. Under Reg...more

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US Securities and Exchange Commission Proposes Broker-Dealer Standard of Care and Guidance on Investment Advisers’ Fiduciary...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published three proposed rules with request for public comment that would seek to enhance and clarify the standards of care applicable to broker-dealers and investment advisers when...more

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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

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A Compilation of Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions

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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

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Financial Services Weekly News - September 2015 #5

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Regulatory Developments - SEC Proposes to Amend Administrative Proceedings Rules: On Sept. 24 the SEC announced that it had voted to propose amendments to rules governing its administrative proceedings. The...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - September 2015 #2

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Regulatory Developments: DOL Releases Transcripts of Fiduciary Standard Hearings - The Department of Labor (DOL) has released the transcripts of the hearings held by the agency in August on its proposed fiduciary...more

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DOL Open to Changing Fiduciary Proposal, But Some Press for it to be Scrapped

As we wrote about previously, in April the Department of Labor issued its highly anticipated, re-proposed regulation addressing the standard of care for broker-dealers and other financial professionals who provide retirement...more

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Concerns Mount over Department of Labor’s Proposed Fiduciary Rule

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The Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a controversial proposed rule on April 20, 2015, that seeks to expand fiduciary duties in the context of retirement-investment advice. Specifically, the proposed rule would rework a...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Fighting the Fiduciary Rule Before It’s Been Even Proposed

Not long after President Obama expressed the desire that the Department of Labor (DOL) implement a fiduciary rule for brokers who work on retirement plans; did one of Wall Street’s paid minions strike back....more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

The Administration Proposes Imposing a Fiduciary Standard on Retirement Advisers

Yesterday, the Obama administration called on the Department of Labor to draft rules that, in effect, would require brokers who provide retirement advice to abide by a fiduciary standard. In a speech at an event hosted by...more

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