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These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find an business that isn't advertising on social media. But when it comes to financial service providers, social media marketing can become a double-edged sword, or worse a compliance...more
More Flack on WhatsApp, Hypothetical Performance SmackDown, A Timely Warning on the Pay-to-Play Rule, and Updates to Qualifying Venture Capital Fund Exemption - This month's big news from the SEC was more piggy-bank breaking...more
Alongside the rapid pace of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemaking, the SEC and its Staff continue to shape regulatory obligations for investment advisers in 2024 through guidance, alerts, enforcement actions,...more
This spring Latham & Watkins lawyers provided guidance on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) new rules for private fund advisers at the firm’s inaugural Texas Private Funds Breakfast Series in Houston....more
As we move further away from the one-year anniversary of the compliance date for the SEC's new Marketing Rule 206(4)(1) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Marketing Rule"), Registered Investment Advisers ("RIAs")...more
Private fund advisers that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) are subject to certain rules governing their use of investment track...more
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In February, FINRA provided an update (Update) concerning the targeted exam (Sweep) launched in September 2021 to review firms’ practices concerning customer acquisition through social media channels and the way firms share...more
It’s been another interesting year in the world of legal technology, and we here at Hanzo have covered a variety of topics in 2022. Last week, we covered the first 10 of our top 20 ediscovery and compliance blogs. Today we...more
The transition period for recently adopted changes intended to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and compensation of solicitors has expired (effective November 4, 2022). The new rules revise and...more
On December 20, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted reforms under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, which modernized rules that govern investment adviser advertising and payments to solicitors....more
On Monday, September 19, 2022, the SEC’s Division of Examinations issued a Risk Alert announcing their intent to conduct targeted reviews of registered investment advisers regarding compliance with amended Advisers Act Rule...more
In late 2020, the SEC adopted1 rule amendments that require SECregistered investment advisers to, by November 4, 2022, switch their compliance regimes from the SEC’s current Advertising and Cash Solicitation Rules (Rules...more
On December 22, 2020, the SEC adopted amended Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, updating the rules governing investment adviser marketing ("Marketing Rules"). The new Rule replaces the currently...more
On November 4, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule amendment (the Marketing Amendment) that would substantially modify SEC Rules 206(4)-1 (the Advertising Rule) and 206(4)-3 (the...more