Podcast: Private Fund Regulatory Update – Network and Cloud Storage
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 39, Disclosure of Ransomware Attacks
The SEC’s amended Regulation S-P, adopted last year, will soon enhance data privacy protections for broker-dealers, investment companies, registered investment advisors, and transfer agents. The updated rule requires these...more
On May 16, 2024, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-P requiring broker-dealers, registered investment companies, registered investment advisers, funding portals, and transfer agents (collectively, “covered...more
SEC DROPS NEW REQUIREMENT FOR INCIDENT RESPONSE PROGRAMS, PROPOSAL FOR RIAS TO ADOPT CIP, SEC EXAMS SHARES MARKETING RULE FAILURES, RIA SLAMMED FOR FAILING TO RETAIN TEXTS, AND SEC WINS ON SHADOW TRADING THEORY - Welcome to...more
On May 15, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued final amendments (the “Amendments”) to Regulation S-P (originally adopted in 2000), which governs the treatment of a customer’s nonpublic personal...more
On May 16, 2024, the SEC amended Regulation S-P to impose new data privacy and security requirements on broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, investment companies (whether or not they are registered with the SEC),...more
On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released its proposal to amend Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information (the “Proposed...more
There is little doubt that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is making cybersecurity a top priority. SEC Chair Gary Gensler told a Senate committee on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 that the agency is developing a...more
• The SEC released a Risk Alert summarizing key areas in which it continues to see compliance deficiencies related to Regulation S-P, the primary SEC rule regarding privacy notices and safeguard policies of investment...more
The SEC has again signaled that now is the time for investment advisers and broker-dealers to get serious about compliance with Reg. S-P. For years, the SEC’s examination priorities have included a focus on cybersecurity...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently settled with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. for alleged violation of Regulation S-ID (otherwise known as the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule) and Regulation S-P (otherwise known as...more
On September 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. (“R.T. Jones”), a St. Louis-based investment adviser, settled charges that R.T. Jones failed to adopt...more
Non-Enforcement Cybersecurity Is At the Top of SEC Examination Concerns In a recent SEC “risk alert” for registered broker-dealers and investment advisers, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE)...more
In recent years, the SEC has been focused on cybersecurity. It has issued risk alerts, conducted examinations and provided guidance about what the agency sees as widespread weaknesses in many policies and procedures to...more
A registered investment adviser agreed to settle SEC charges that it failed to adopt adequate cybersecurity policies and procedures reasonably designed to protect customer records and information as required by Rule 30(a) of...more
On September 22, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the settlement of an enforcement action against a St. Louis-based registered investment adviser (Adviser) brought under Rule 30(a) of Regulation...more