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Regulation Best Interest Disclosure Requirements Investment Advisers Act of 1940

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SEC Enforcement Actions Target Inadequate Disclosures on Conflicts of Interest by Advisory Firms and Broker-Dealers

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Who may be interested: Registered Funds, Registered Investment Advisers, Registered Broker-Dealers, Compliance Staff, Boards of Directors. Quick Take: On August 29, 2025, the SEC, in separate actions, sanctioned a registered...more

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Financial Services Firm Affiliates Settle Five SEC Enforcement Actions for Allegedly Misleading Customers and Failing to Act in...

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Registered Investment Advisers; Broker Dealers; Compliance Officers; Boards of Directors - Quick Take: The SEC recently settled five separate enforcement proceedings...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Staff Raises the Bar for Broker-Dealers Under Regulation Best Interest

On April 20, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a Staff Bulletin (Bulletin) on the care obligations for broker-dealers and investment advisors, pursuant to Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and the...more

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Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions - January 2023

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REGULATORY UPDATES - Recent SEC Leadership Changes - The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that Megan Barbero, currently SEC Principal Deputy General Counsel, will be appointed General Counsel,...more

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It’s the Final Countdown: Being Prepared for Regulation Best Interest

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Last year the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved Regulation Best Interest (“Reg BI”). Reg BI requires broker-dealers and their associated persons to act in “the best interest” of a retail customer when...more

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Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #13

Regulation Best Interest: The SEC has issued its final Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), Form CRS Regulation, RIA Interpretation and Solely Incidental Interpretation. I am discussing the SEC’s guidance in a series of...more

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SEC Interpretation Offers Clarification on an Investment Adviser’s Duties of Care and Loyalty

As part of its “Reg BI Package”, approved on June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) sought to clarify the fiduciary duty that an investment adviser owes to its clients under the Investment Advisers...more

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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

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