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Shortly following our Legal Update regarding considerations for institutional investors investing in funds alongside retail investors, on August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (Order) entitled...more
There has not been much news regarding SEC enforcement lately, but today the SEC and DOJ both charged a founder of a Washington-based water vending machine manufacturer Water Station Management, LLC and two related companies...more
Private equity (PE) sponsors are increasingly seeking to broaden their investor base by offering retail access to traditionally institutional-only funds. Recently, statements by the SEC indicated the SEC staff will no longer...more
A “hedge clause,” when incorporated into an investment advisory agreement, is designed to limit an adviser’s liability to its advisory client. Even carefully worded hedge clauses, however, can attract unwanted SEC enforcement...more
These days, artificial intelligence is everywhere we look, and the financial services industry is no different. As AI use increases, regulatory bodies are updating their rules and guidelines detailing how companies should and...more
This amendment builds on FINRA’s recent willingness to relax the prohibition on the use of projections and targeted returns in the marketing materials broker-dealers deliver to institutional investors and qualified...more
Revamped SFC and HKMA guidance applies to intermediaries that distribute products or provide dealing, advisory, and asset management services related to virtual assets. On 20 October 2023, the Hong Kong Monetary...more
A US court recently handed down a landmark ruling addressing the question of whether the crypto token XRP falls under the definition of “security”. The US court ruled that the same crypto token may be classified differently...more
The European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF), a collective investment framework for both professional and retail investors looking to invest in long-term assets, has been available to EU managers since December 2015. ...more
Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin’s monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. We hope your year is off to a good start!...more
Key Takeaway: The Sixth Circuit largely affirmed the grant of a motion to dismiss, but reversed the district court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claim that the defendants had failed to select the lowest-cost share class of...more
The comment period for the SEC’s proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 expired on April 1, 2022. A review of some representative submissions generally showed strong support from institutional and retail investors. ...more
Rule changes recently proposed by the SEC would shorten the time within which most securities transactions effected by a broker-dealer must be settled. Specifically, most settlements would be required to occur by the first...more
FINRA Rules - On July 15, 2021, FINRA announced that it has updated its rules regarding the offering of private placement securities to expand the existing requirement that each broker-dealer that issues and/or sells a...more
In a new paper, Alternative Venture Capital: The New Unicorn Investors, professor Anat Alon-Beck explores the rise of alternative venture capital (AVC) investors and the ways in which these investors are affecting unicorn...more
Interest in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies of companies and their impact on the wider community has continued to increase amongst institutional investors, retail shareholders and the media during the...more
The European Commission’s High-Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union has published an interim report setting out its vision for the future of European capital markets. The CMU is an EU initiative which aims to enhance...more
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton gave opening remarks in connection with the Investor Advisory Committee meeting. The Committee’s meeting agenda includes a discussion of whether and how investors use...more
U.S. Developments - VanEck and SolidX to Offer Bitcoin ETF to Qualified Institutional Buyers - On September 3, 2019, VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management LLC announced that they are seeking to use Rule 144A of...more
As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our second article for 2019 explores litigation developments in Canada, outlining the impact on business and the potential ramifications of recent...more
Amendments to the Washington Business Corporation Act (WBCA) that allow Washington corporations to hold “virtual” shareholder meetings became effective in June 2018. Prior to these amendments, Washington corporations could...more
Understanding Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Rule 2210, Communications with the Public - What is Rule 2210, and what does it require? - Rule 2210 governs three categories of “communications” by FINRA member...more
On 28 June 2017 the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the final report for its study into the UK asset management market. The report describes the FCA’s final findings and sets out the regulatory changes and...more
Twenty-three years after adopting Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) to establish T+3 as the standard settlement cycle for broker-dealer transactions, on September 28, 2016, the SEC...more
Emerging companies remain under-represented on Europe’s capital markets despite the introduction of measures to make equity financing more accessible. This was the overarching takeaway from a recent one day summit at which...more