10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025
Daily Compliance News: July 18, 2025, The Don’t Alter Docs Edition
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: New FCPA Enforcement Memo - What Does it Say?
Compliance into the Weeds: Changes in FCPA Enforcement
The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 17, 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 13, 2025, The Leaving on a Jet Plane Edition
Everything Compliance: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Daily Compliance News: April 22, 2025, The Upping Your Game Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 9, 2025, The Corruption at the DOJ Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending April 5, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 4, 2025, The Tariffs on Penguins Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 3, 2025, The Tribute to Ice Edition
Great Women in Compliance: The Future of Enforcement with Jennifer Lee
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 65 – The Trump Administration’s Decision to Halt FCPA Enforcement – The Implications for Asia and the World with Tom Fox, Malcolm Nance, and Philip Rohlik
Navigating 2025: The SEC's Evolving Role in Cryptocurrency Enforcement — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies
Since Paul Atkins became Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 21, 2025, the SEC has announced significant pivots in its approaches to enforcement, regulatory guidance, investment adviser...more
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that will determine whether Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA) creates a private right of action for shareholders of registered investment...more
Since our prior IM Update, in separate Alerts, we covered (i) the SEC’s decision to remove from its regulatory agenda proposed rulemakings relevant to the investment management industry, (ii) Ropes & Gray’s updated and...more
On May 14, 2025, Deputy Enforcement Director Antonia Apps told those gathered at an anti‑money laundering conference in Washington, D.C. to expect a more measured approach from SEC Enforcement. That may include, she...more
June 18, 2025 On June 12, 2025, various divisions within the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) formally withdrew a number of pending proposed rules which would have affected investment advisers, investment companies,...more
With Paul Atkins as the new SEC Chair, the agency’s priorities have shifted away from many of the aggressive policies of former Chair Gensler. The first four months of the Republican controlled SEC saw a dramatic shift in the...more
In a broad reversal of course on proposed rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, on June 12, 2025, the SEC issued a notice withdrawing 14 of the...more
On June 5th, the SEC brought together regulators, industry leaders, and experts to discuss the evolving asset management landscape at its 2025 Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management. This year’s event focused on...more
Since 2002, the staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) consistently issued comments during the registration statement review process to closed-end funds (CEFs) registered under the Investment Company Act of...more
Statements earlier this week by SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins and by Division of Investment Management Director Natasha J. Greiner indicate that the SEC staff will no longer require retail closed-end funds to limit their...more
On May 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) Chairman Paul Atkins delivered prepared remarks before the SEC Speaks Conference hosted by the Practicing Law Institute (PLI). In his remarks, Atkins...more
On April 29, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued an order granting Franklin Square's ("FS") exemptive relief application (the "FS Application") permitting certain business development companies...more
Recently, SEC Chair Paul Atkins posted his remarks delivered at an “SEC Town Hall.” Here are five things I found interesting...more
“The most recent development in the registered investment funds space has been the long-awaited movement toward the SEC granting dual share class ETF exemptive relief. This will be a significant catalyst for growth in...more
Builder of Investment Models Deviates From Blueprints Employee’s Rogue Remodeling Costs Builder Plenty - The SEC’s recent order instituting administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings (OIP) against registered...more
On Friday, April 25, 2025, newly sworn in SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins spoke for the first time in his new role at the SEC’s third roundtable in its series discussing crypto asset regulation called Know Your Custodian: Key...more
Our Investment Funds Team reviews a development from the Securities and Exchange Commission that paves the way for private funds to launch interval funds and business development companies (BDCs) that operate as co-investment...more
Registered investment advisers have until January 1, 2026, to comply with the anti-money laundering (AML) compliance provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). However, the SEC has recently charged two investment advisers with...more
Since our prior IM Update, in separate Alerts, we covered (i) the 2025 Investment Management Conference sponsored by the Investment Company Institute, (ii) anticipated modernization of the conditions governing joint...more
In recent years, private non-bank lending to private equity-owned, small- and middle-market companies has increased significantly. According to a report from the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) detailing...more
The 2025 ICI Investment Management Conference was noteworthy for the change in tone from the SEC officials in attendance, including Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda, as well as IM Director Natasha Greiner, who suggested that there...more
The SEC recently issued a notice with regard to a new model of co-investment relief and issued the first exemptive order for multi-class relief to a private BDC. This legal alert discusses both new developments....more
Key Points - - Periods of market volatility expose firms managing private funds to increased scrutiny from government agencies, regardless of the existence of any actual misconduct. - Government agencies may open an...more
Last month, the SEC issued a No Action Letter interpreting Rule 506(c) that effectively provides a streamlined path for private fund sponsors to conduct an exempt general solicitation offering pursuant to Regulation D of the...more
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