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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - June 2025

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The Supreme Court Declines to Address Challenges to FINRA Enforcement Proceedings, and FINRA Proposes Rules to Avoid...

On June 2, 2025, the Supreme Court denied the petition for writ of certiorari filed by Alpine Securities Corporation in Alpine Securities Corp. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Interestingly, on the same day, the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FINRA proposes changes to Rules 5130 and 5131, exempting non-traded BDCs from restrictions on participating in IPOs

On March 20, 2025, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) filed a proposed rule change with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt certain business development companies (BDCs) from FINRA...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - April 2025

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

Goodwin

SEC Outlook: Potential Updates Under Nominated Chairman Atkins

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The SEC currently has several notable rule proposals that have received public comment but have not yet been finalized. The potential direction of these proposals is likely to be influenced by the leadership of the new SEC...more

ArentFox Schiff

Nasdaq Rule Change Lengthens Reverse Stock Split Notice Period

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Last November, Nasdaq proposed a rule change that would lengthen the notification period for companies conducting reverse stock splits from five business days to 10 calendar days. The rule change became effective immediately...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FINRA's Proposed Partial Amendments to the Securities Lending and Transparency Engine (SLATE) Program

Earlier this year, FINRA filed with the SEC a proposed series of rules requiring, for the first time, the reporting of securities loans and providing for the public dissemination of loan information through FINRA's Securities...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - October 2024

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - August 2024 # 3

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Municipal Securities Regulation and Enforcement - 2024 Mid-Year Review

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In the first half of 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued several fines and suspensions against participants in the municipal market, including for violations of its registration, reporting,...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - July 2024 # 4

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC extends deadline for FINRA SLATE rule decision

On June 10, the SEC extended the review period for a proposed rule change by FINRA. The proposed FINRA Rule 6500 Series, concerning the Securities Lending and Transparency Engine (SLATE), would require the reporting of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - May 2024 - 2

Securities and Exchange Commission. Customer ID requirements. On May 13, 2024, SEC and FinCEN proposed a rule designed to make it more difficult for criminal actors to establish customer relationships with investment...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - February 2024 - 2

Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more

Goodwin

FINRA Proposes to Add ‘Knowledgeable Employees’ to Category of Persons Who May Receive Projections and Targeted Returns Under Rule...

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - November 2023

...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more

Bracewell LLP

FINRA Facts and Trends: October 2023

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Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. This month,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - November 2023

Editor's Note - The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - October 2023 - 2

The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more

Goodwin

SEC to Impose Significant New Privacy and Cybersecurity Rules for BDs, RIAs, TAs, and Mutual Funds

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The SEC continues its overhaul of cybersecurity, cyber incident reporting, and privacy controls and requirements for industry registrants, their services providers, and corporate America generally. On March 15, 2023, the SEC...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SIFMA C&L March 2023 Annual Conference – A Focus on Crypto

The 2023 Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Compliance & Legal Annual Seminar, as usual, was well attended by compliance and legal professionals, including FINRA executives and SEC directors. The...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Adopts Rule and Form Amendments Relating to Shareholder Reports and Investment Company Advertisements

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted substantial amendments to shareholder reports used by investment companies, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (collectively, funds)...more

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

New Overhaul of FINRA Expungement Process Sent to SEC for Approval

On July 29, 2022, FINRA sent a new set of proposed rule changes designed to overhaul the expungement process to the SEC for approval. These proposed rules come as a follow-up to FINRA’s original proposal submitted to the SEC...more

Burr & Forman

FINRA Proposal Modernizes Supervision Rule to Recognize WFH

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On July 27, 2022, FINRA filed a proposed rule change with the SEC that would “modernize” its supervision rule to make permanent pandemic-related temporary exemptions that allowed limited-scope work-from-home (“WFH”) for...more

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FINRA Seeks to Expand Reporting Requirements for Transactions in TRACE-Eligible Securities

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority recently filed two rule proposals—SR-FINRA-2022-011 and SR-FINRA-2022-013—with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and issued Regulatory Notice 22-12 in an effort to expand...more

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