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FCA plans to modernise client categorisation rules

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to review its client categorisation rules to unlock more investment opportunities for wealthy investors and support capital markets...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

2025 ICI Investment Management Conference

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The 2025 ICI Investment Management Conference was noteworthy for the change in tone from the SEC officials in attendance, including Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda, as well as IM Director Natasha Greiner, who suggested that there...more

King & Spalding

Rebranding of SEC Cyber Unit Reflects Shift in Enforcement Priorities

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On Thursday, February 20, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it created a Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (“CETU”) to combat cyber-focused financial misconduct. The announcement reflects a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Things I Worry About (10): FINRA Enforcement and Senior Investors (2)

Key Takeaways - FINRA’s 2025 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report 2025-annual-regulatory-oversight-report.pdf included a focus on issues related to retirees and senior investors. - The Report provides guidance to...more

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IOSCO publishes 2025 Work Program

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its 2025 Work Program, setting out its ongoing and planned initiatives for 2025. These include: (i) prioritising issues related to non-bank...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FundsTrack: Private funds market insights - 2025 report

We are delighted to present the 2025 edition of our award-nominated private funds report, "FundsTrack: Trends in the Private Funds Market." 2024 was yet again an interesting time for private funds. Multiple elections...more

Hogan Lovells

Increased UK regulatory scrutiny: FCA taking a closer look at conflicts and valuations, including on GP leds

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The FCA has published a report on private market valuation practices, after recently indicating that this area will be one of its supervisory priorities this year. Managers and advisers involved with private assets (in...more

Cooley LLP

How Will Deep Cuts to the SEC Staff Impact You?

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With this Administration moving fast to deeply cut the federal workforce, you may be wondering what a trimmed-down SEC might look like. This is just conjecture – but here are five thoughts on how that might impact you...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

The SEC in the New Administration

There have been a lot of developments at the Securities and Exchange Commission since Chair Gary Gensler resigned on January 20 during President Trump's inauguration. Most of those are groundbreaking, but the last one is just...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Managed Funds Association Publishes Letter to SEC Acting Chair Mark Uyeda

The Managed Funds Association (“MFA”) published a letter dated January 20, 2025, to Acting Chair Mark T. Uyeda of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, outlining several policy recommendations for the SEC’s...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Directors Quarterly: January 2025

The latest edition of Directors Quarterly features a summary of board and committee agenda priorities for 2025, financial reporting and auditing updates, post-election observations from around the world, and more. Read the...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

CSA Propose Amendments to the Principal Distributor Model for Mutual Funds

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have published for comment amendments and changes to the principal distributor model in the distribution of mutual fund securities (collectively, the “Proposed Amendments”). The...more

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2024 Trends in SRT Transactions

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Significant risk transfer transactions or SRTs are one of the fastest growing corners of the financial markets. In this update, the opening of the US market, increasing international regulatory scrutiny and updates to the UK...more

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FCA Publishes Retail Markets Disclosure Proposals for Consumer Composite Investments

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The FCA proposes moving away from the PRIIPs KIDs to a more flexible, technologically neutral regime, which allows firms to innovate and prioritise good customer outcomes....more

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HM Treasury Publishes Consumer Composite Investments (Designated Activities) Regulations 2024

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The Regulations: (i) replace assimilated law in relation to the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation, establishing a new legislative framework for the regulation of Consumer Composite...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - September 2024

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week... ...more

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SEC Approves Spot Ether ETFs

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On July 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declared nine registration statements effective under the Securities Act of 1933 for spot Ether ETFs, clearing the way for the ETFs to begin trading on July 23....more

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CRT and SRT trades: an introductory guide for issuers and investors - June 2024

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Our new report provides a practical introduction to credit risk transfer (CRT) and significant risk transfer (SRT) trades. It is a comprehensive starting point for new issuers, investors and other stakeholders. While CRT...more

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Is more regulation the best route to deliver Net Zero?

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How to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy is a hot regulatory topic for most major economies around the world – and is set to continue ascending the agenda in the years to come. As sustainability-related...more

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10 lessons in sustainability regulation

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Creating an effective regulatory framework will be critical to deliver Net Zero. But does that mean more – or less – regulation? From trade agreements to taxonomies, carbon adjustment mechanisms to corporate sustainability...more

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Ireland | Chambers 2024 Global Practice Guide on Securitisation

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1. Specific Financial Asset Types - 1.1 Common Financial Assets - A wide range of asset classes have been securitised by Irish special purpose entities (SPEs): residential mortgages; commercial mortgages; auto loans;...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Proposal Balances AI-Like Technology Use With Investor Best Interests: Has the Regulator Picked a Winner?

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Like other savvy businesses, investment advisers and broker-dealers have increasingly embraced the use of predictive data analytics, artificial intelligence, and similar technologies (AI-like technologies) to help generate...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ESG in 2023: A Mid-Year Review

As predicted in our February 1, 2023, client alert, “ESG in 2022 and Predictions for 2023,” a global economic slowdown and ongoing backlash in the U.S. have slowed the momentum of some aspects of the environmental, social and...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The Future of Asset Management Regulation – The FCA’s Post-Brexit Review

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Background On 20 February 2023, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a discussion paper (DP23/2) on updating and improving the UK regime for asset management (the “Discussion Paper”). As part...more

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Inclusiveness vs Volatility: The Impact of Crypto and Blockchain Technology on Business

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There are widely varying opinions on blockchain and cryptocurrency. Corporate and TMT expert Nicholas Kuria recently spoke to Africa Legal about the impacts of the technology on business, nations and lawyers. Originally...more

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