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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - June 2025

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - April 2025

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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FINRA Proposes a Unified Rule for Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions

FINRA proposes a new rule to simplify requirements in Rules 3270 and Rule 3280, aiming to reduce unnecessary burdens. The structure of Proposed FINRA Rule 3290 requires prior written notice for investment-related activity...more

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FINRA Proposes Single Rule to Replace FINRA Rules 3270 and 3280

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FINRA has proposed a single, streamlined rule (the Proposed Rule) to replace FINRA Rule 3270 (Outside Business Activities of Registered Persons) and FINRA Rule 3280 (Private Securities Transactions of an Associated Person)...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FINRA Proposes and Seeks Comment on Simplified Rules for Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions

On Friday, March 14, in Regulatory Notice 25-05, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed a new rule to address when registered individuals engage in activities away from their member firms and when...more

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SEC Outlook: Potential Updates Under Nominated Chairman Atkins

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The SEC currently has several notable rule proposals that have received public comment but have not yet been finalized. The potential direction of these proposals is likely to be influenced by the leadership of the new SEC...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - October 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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - May 2024 - 2

Securities and Exchange Commission. Customer ID requirements. On May 13, 2024, SEC and FinCEN proposed a rule designed to make it more difficult for criminal actors to establish customer relationships with investment...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - November 2023

...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more

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Tenth Circuit Upholds District Court’s Ruling Finding No Breach of Fiduciary Duties in Section 36(b) Case

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In This Issue. The federal bank regulators published frequently asked questions concerning the London Interbank Offered Rate transition; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) confirmed an effective date for two...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Cetera Pays $1 Million To Settle A Case That Should Have Been Moot . . . Except FINRA Failed To Act On A Wildly Popular Rule...

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Almost three years ago, in Reg Notice 18-08, FINRA wisely (but, nevertheless, still a bit late to the party) proposed to revise its own prior guidance regarding the troublesome intersection between outside business activities...more

A&O Shearman

SEC Proposes Solicitation Rule Amendments

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On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to rules governing investment adviser advertisements and payment to solicitors under the Investment Advisers Act. The comment period...more

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SEC To Overhaul Investment Adviser Advertising Rule

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Two facts may come as a surprise about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s existing investment adviser advertising rule: that it literally fits on one page, and that it has not been updated since 1961. These facts...more

Vedder Price

Investment Services Regulatory Update - June 2019

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Investment Services Regulatory Update – New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – New Rules – SEC Adopts Rules and Interpretations Concerning the Standard of Conduct for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers - ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Weeks - June 2019

Last week, a Canada-based social media company was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for purportedly conducting an unregistered securities offering to United States persons in connection with an initial coin...more

Vedder Price

Investment Services Regulatory Update - May 2019

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – GUIDANCE AND ALERTS – OCIE Risk Alert Highlights Risks Associated with Adviser and Broker-Dealer Use of Cloud-Based Storage of Customer Records - On May 23, 2019,...more

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Investment Services Regulatory Update - August 2018

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS – OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on Compliance Issues Relating to Best Execution – On July 11, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and...more

McGuireWoods LLP

FINRA Proposes Transformative Rule on Outside Business Activities

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On Feb. 26, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued Regulatory Notice 18-08 seeking comment on a proposed new rule to address outside business activities of registered persons. The proposal, a result of FINRA’s...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"FINRA Extends Deadline for SEC to Act on Proposed FINRA Pay-to-Play Rule"

On June 21, 2016, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority extended the time for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to act on Proposed Rules 2030 and 4580 (the Proposed Rules) to August 26, 2016. The Proposed...more

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