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SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Top Compliance Program Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) (Part 1 of 2)

Chief Compliance Officers face the challenge of running a comprehensive yet efficient compliance program that nimbly adapts to changing regulatory requirements and business practices. As compliance consultants, we see our...more

Stark & Stark

[Webinar] Examination Evolution: A Fresh Look at SEC Exam Trends and Insights - April 23rd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Investment Advisers: Elevate your expertise! Join our exclusive April webinars and earn 1 CFP or IAR CE credit per course....more

Winstead PC

Top Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Considerations in 2025 for RIAs

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Compliance and Regulations - Ensure adherence to SEC regulations with appropriate privacy and cybersecurity policies tailored to SEC requirements....more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Bang? A Whimper? Not So Fast: The SEC's Approach to Private Funds Evolves in 2024

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As part of its formal fiscal year (FY) 2024 priorities, the SEC's Division of Examinations identified the review of investment advisers to private funds as a key priority. Fresh off the implementation of the Marketing Rule in...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

October and November 2024 Regulatory Roundup

After its fiscal year-end frenzy in September, the SEC relaxed slightly, with no new rule-making and fewer enforcement actions. So, I took a break last month and combined the October and November Roundups. (You’re welcome.)...more

Cozen O'Connor

Summarizing the SEC’s 2025 Examination Priorities Report, Part 2

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In the second part of this legal update series, we summarize the key takeaways from the Division of Examinations’ (Division) 2025 priorities report released on October 21, 2024. The Division remains focused on mainstays like...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

SEC’s 2025 Examination Priorities

On November 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its examination priorities for 2025. The release offers critical insights into the areas that the SEC will focus on....more

Stinson LLP

Key Takeaways from the SEC's 2025 Exam Priorities

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On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its 2025 examination priorities (2025 priorities). The release of the 2025 priorities is intended to...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC’s 2025 Examination Priorities for Investment Advisers

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On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations (the Division) released its annual Examination Priorities for fiscal year 2025 (the Report). The Report identifies certain...more

Cozen O'Connor

Breaking Down the SEC Examinations Process: Key Considerations for Registrants, Part 1

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In a two-part legal update, we will discuss key information SEC registrants should know going into the upcoming review cycle conducted by the Division of Examinations (the Division). This first update attempts to demystify...more

Alston & Bird

SEC’s 2025 Examination Priorities: Continued Focus on Private Funds and Cybersecurity

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Our Investment Funds and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Groups discuss what investment fund advisers and broker-dealers should know about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations’...more

Goodwin

2025 SEC Exam Priorities for Investment Advisers and Registered Investment Companies

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On October 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Examinations (Division) released its examination priorities for 2025, outlining the key topics the Division plans to focus on in the upcoming fiscal...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Outlines 2025 Examination Priorities

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On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations (the Division) published its annual examination priorities for 2025 (2025 Priorities), which focus on certain “practices, products,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Division of Examinations 2025 Exam Priorities – a Focus on Artificial Intelligence, Private Funds, and Cybersecurity

On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) announced its 2025 Examination Priorities (the “2025 Priorities”), highlighting areas that it expects to target...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Division of Examinations Releases its 2025 Examination Priorities

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The staff of the SEC Division of Examinations (Staff) recently released its 2025 examination priorities. The timing of the release aligns with the start of the SEC’s fiscal year to provide transparency and inform participants...more

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The SEC Division of Examinations' Fiscal Year 2025 Priorities

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On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Examinations published its examination priorities for fiscal year 2025.1 In this alert, we offer ten observations for broker-dealers. Our observations...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Says Crypto ETPs Are Exam Priority

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On 21 October 2024, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (Division) published its 2025 Examination Priorities (Priorities) to provide insight into what the Division plans to focus on in the 2025 fiscal year. In addition to...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SEC Division of Examinations Announces 2025 Priorities

On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)’s Division of Examinations (the “Division”) released its 2025 examination priorities....more

Miller Canfield

SEC 2025 Examination Priorities for Registered Investment Advisers

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On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations released its 2025 examination priorities. The examination priorities are published annually by the Division to inform investors and...more

Snell & Wilmer

SEC Division of Examinations Priorities for 2025: Examinations Will Prioritize New Rules for Form PF and Regulation S-P, Fiduciary...

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On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued its annual examination priorities for fiscal year 2025. As with its 2024 examination...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Initiates Sweep of Adviser on T+1 Compliance

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Over the last week, several registered investment advisers have received examination letters, issued from both the Securities and Exchange Commission’s national office in Washington, D.C., and from at least one regional...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

The New Marketing Rule: Notes from the Field

On April 17th, the SEC issued a Risk Alert titled “Initial Observations Regarding Advisers Act Marketing Rule Compliance.” Perusing the list of failures, a sense of familiarity arose, given that one of our clients had been...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Finds Advisers' Compliance with Marketing Rule Still Lacking Despite Examination and Enforcement Focus

Rule 206(4)-1, as amended (the Marketing Rule), continues to be an area of focus for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On April 17, 2024, the SEC Division of Examinations (Division) published a risk alert...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Department of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Marketing Rule Deficiencies

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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations (“DOE”) issued a Risk Alert (the “Alert”) entitled “Initial Observations Regarding Advisers Act Marketing Rule Compliance.” The Alert describes...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Impact of the SEC’s 2024 Examination Priorities Report for Investment Advisers

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The Division of Enforcement (“Division”) for the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released the 2024 Examination Priorities Report (“Report”) highlighting the key areas the Division will examine in 2024. The SEC’s...more

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