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Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume I, January 2025

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The Mysterious Boundary Beyond Which “Personal” Relationships Jeopardize a Director’s Independence - In a recent enforcement action, the SEC concluded that the relationship between James Craigie and an officer of Church &...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Proposed SEC Rules Aim at Putting Private Funds More in Public View

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Whether everyday Americans saving for retirement, college tuition, or their forever homes know it or not, there’s a chance that their money is tied, directly or indirectly, to private funds. Moreover, those Americans probably...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #74: Compliance with PTE 2020-02: Mitigation of Conflicts (Part 1)

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The Department of Labor’s “Fiduciary Rule,” PTE 2020-02: The FAQs - Key Takeaways - ◾ The DOL has issued FAQs that generally explain PTE 2020-02 and the expanded definition of fiduciary advice. ◾ In FAQ 16, the DOL...more

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Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #18

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Regulation Best Interest: Rollover Recommendations for Investment Advisers (Rollovers Part 4)- The SEC has issued its final Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), Form CRS Rule, RIA Interpretation and Solely Incidental...more

Bracewell LLP

SEC's New Rule Requires Additional Disclosures on Form ADV

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On January 12, 2017, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) published its 2017 examination priorities.1 OCIE’s 2017 priorities, which largely mirror its 2016 priorities, cover three areas: (1)...more

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A Trump Presidency: Potential Impact on Employee Benefits Law and Policy

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For many months, we have been speculating about how the results of the 2016 presidential election would impact employee benefits policy going forward. Now that Donald Trump has won the election and Republicans have secured a...more

K&L Gates LLP

Heard at the 2016 SIFMA Conference

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Recently, attorneys from K&L Gates’ Government Enforcement practice group attended the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (“SIFMA”) Compliance and Legal Society Annual Seminar. We wanted to share with you...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investment Management Update - October 2015

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Below is a summary of recent investment management developments that affect registered investment companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and others in the investment management industry. Schwab...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

DOL Open to Changing Fiduciary Proposal, But Some Press for it to be Scrapped

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As we wrote about previously, in April the Department of Labor issued its highly anticipated, re-proposed regulation addressing the standard of care for broker-dealers and other financial professionals who provide retirement...more

Carlton Fields

For Life Insurers and Agents – A Summary of Predicted Litigation Under the DOL’s Proposed Fiduciary Rule

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The Department of Labor’s recent Proposed Rule (the “Proposal”), which defines the term “fiduciary” as it applies to persons who provide “investment advice” to ERISA plans and IRAs, will impact the likelihood and severity of...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

The Battle Lines Continue to Form Over the DOL’s Fiduciary Proposal

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Earlier this month, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) released its “Proposed Best Interests of the Customer Standard for Broker-Dealers” – an alternative to the U.S. Department of Labor’s...more

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