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Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Co-Investment Relief a Step to Retail Access to Registered Funds

On March 4, 2025, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) wrote to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to express its support of a request for co-investment exemptive relief by an applicant and urge that the SEC grant...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

SEC Enforcement’s 2020 Annual Report Reflects Shifting Priorities for Fund Managers: Four Key Takeaways

On Monday the SEC announced its enforcement results for FY 2020, accompanied by a report from the Director of its Division of Enforcement. This report confirms what we have seen over the past year for private fund managers:...more

White & Case LLP

Broker-dealers should be ready for Regulation Best Interest

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In light of recent discussions regarding the content and implications of Regulation Best Interest, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chairman Jay Clayton recently stated that broker dealers should be ready for the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: SEC Continues Steady Progress With Regulatory, Enforcement Goals

As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enters the third year of the Trump administration, its regulatory and enforcement goals remain largely unchanged. At the direction of Chairman Jay Clayton, the SEC continues to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Enforcement Division Issues Annual Report: Increase in Enforcement Actions and Focus on Main Street and Cyber-Related Fraud

On November 2, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or Commission) Division of Enforcement (the Division) released its annual report discussing enforcement-related actions and key initiatives (the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC's OCIE Announces 2018 Areas Of Focus

On February 7, 2018 the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced its 2018 National Exam Priorities. The priorities, formulated with input from the Chairman, Commissioners, SEC Staff and fellow...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC halts “Decentralized Consumer Bank” Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Labeling it a “Scam”

On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had obtained a court order suspending AriseBank’s (Arise) initial coin offering (ICO) whose public sale began in late December. According to the SEC, Arise...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

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

OCIE Publishes Exam Priorities for 2016

The National Exam Program of the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published its examination priorities for 2016 this week. Much like last year’s letter, this year’s letter is organized around...more

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