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Morrison & Foerster LLP

U.S. SEC Extends Compliance Deadline for Recent Amendments to the Customer Protection Rule

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On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to extend the compliance deadline for recent amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c3-3 (the “Customer Protection Rule”) to June 30, 2026. The amendments,...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Withdraws 14 Pending Rule Proposals

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On June 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally withdrew 14 proposed rules for investment advisers, broker-dealers and public companies, many of which had been pending for several years. Should the SEC...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Staff Withdraws Statement on Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Asset Securities and Issues Crypto FAQs

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The Staff’s most recent actions continue to set the stage for notice-and-comment rulemaking long-awaited by the digital asset industry....more

Goodwin

What’s Happening at the SEC?

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Hello, this is Dave Lynn, and I’m a partner in Goodwin’s Capital Markets practice and chair of the firm’s Public Company Advisory practice. This is New Directions, a series of discussions about the impact and trajectory of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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

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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

Morgan Lewis

Do SEC Acting Chair’s Remarks Signal a Redux of Government Securities ATS Rulemaking?

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On March 10, 2025, Acting Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mark Uyeda indicated in public remarks that he was directing the SEC staff to revisit a 2020 proposal under then-Chair Jay Clayton that, among other...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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

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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

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

FINRA Will Not Set an Effective Date for Amendments to TRACE Rules Establishing One-Minute Reporting Requirement; FINRA to Prepare...

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On February 5, 2025, Robert Cook, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Industry Regulatory Industry, Inc. (“FINRA”), announced that FINRA will not set an effective date for its recent amendments (the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – The annuity regulatory landscape

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In this Bottom Line videocast, Dodie Kent and Clifford Kirsch discuss: The continued emergence of registered index linked annuity products. The NAIC’s amended Suitability Rule. The SEC’s variable product summary prospectus...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Proposed Expansion of “Accredited Investor” Definition Would Benefit Issuers and Investors

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to expand the definition of “accredited investor” to include additional entities that could bear the economic risks of investment and certain financially sophisticated...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The SEC Adopts Security-Based Swap Regulations Governing Capital, Margin and Collateral Segregation

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The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has adopted rules under the Securities Exchange Act (the "SEA") establishing (i) capital and margin requirements applicable to broker-dealers entering into security-based swaps...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The SEC’s Reg BI – A Completely New Standard or Tinkering Around the Edges?

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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt what is popularly known as “Regulation Best Interest” (often referred to as “Reg BI”). Notwithstanding the name, Reg BI is actually a package of...more

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