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Alston & Bird

SEC Chair Announces Intent to Increase Retail Access to Private Funds

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Our Investment Funds Team discusses Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins’s plans to improve retail investors’ access to private funds....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The Sec Had No Love For Blockfi This Valentine’s Day

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not hesitated to conclude that crypto assets are securities subject to the Securities Act of 1933, but with BlockFi, the SEC went a step further and, for the first time with...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Chair Comments on Investor Advisory Committee Priorities

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

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

ICI, BlackRock, Fidelity, others urge SEC to expand retail access to private offerings

Several firms, including Investment Company Institute, BlackRock, Fidelity and Franklin, commented to the SEC concept where retail investors could gain greater exposure to growth-stage private companies through pooled...more

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Regulatory Activity in the Digital Asset Space

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The end of July saw continued regulatory activity in the digital assets space. This entry of BitBlog will cover some of the highlights. 1) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continues to dole out bits of...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC Concept Release Could Yield New Retail Product Opportunities for Private Fund Managers

On June 18, 2019, the SEC issued a concept release requesting comments on, among other things, whether to liberalize the definition of “Accredited Investor” under Regulation D to cover a broader group of investors, including...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

OCIE Releases 2019 Examination Priorities

The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its examination priorities for 2019 in order to promote the transparency of its investigation program....more

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