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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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - May 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

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SEC Provides Helpful Marketing Rule FAQ Guidance

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On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Marketing Rule”). The new FAQs permit...more

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SEC Clarifies When Gross-Only Performance May Be Permissible

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission staff (Staff) has issued revised guidance regarding the application of Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Marketing Rule), providing flexibility for...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Staff Issues New Marketing Rule FAQs

On March 19, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued two new FAQs related to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Rule”). The new guidance reduces the complexity of the...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Updates Guidance on the Use of Gross and Net Performance in Advertisements

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On March 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new FAQ response1 that softens prior guidance on the use of gross and net performance in advertisements. The new FAQs (the New Guidance) reduce the burden of...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Marketing Rule FAQs Yield New Guidance

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On 19 March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Marketing Rule) (available here)....more

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

SEC Division of Investment Management Staff Revises Guidance on Certain Gross and Net Performance-Related Presentations

On March 19, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (the “Staff”) updated its Marketing Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) to address the inclusion by SEC-registered investment advisers of...more

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SEC Staff Issues Welcome Guidance on Extracted Performance and Portfolio Characteristics Under the Marketing Rule

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On March 19, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) pertaining to Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Marketing Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

SEC Updates Marketing Rule Guidance

On March 19, 2025, the SEC made two significant updates to the Marketing Rule's FAQ page. DWT discussed the SEC's recently adopted Marketing Rule (Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940) in our 2024 post, and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC's Division of Investment Management Updates Marketing Rule FAQs

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The SEC's Division of Investment Management (Division) on March 19, 2025, updated its Marketing Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with respect to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Marketing...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Staff Issues FAQs That Relax Marketing Rule Restrictions

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The FAQs provide investment advisers greater flexibility to present investment performance solely on a gross basis. On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) Staff released two new...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Tailored Shareholder Reports

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The staff of the Division of Investment Management’s Disclosure Review & Accounting Office (Staff) issued an Accounting and...more

Carlton Fields

NAIC Takes Dive Start on Investment Management Agreements With New Guidance for Insurers

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During its Winter National Meeting, various groups within the National Association of Insurance Commissioners continued addressing the Macroprudential (E) Working Group’s 2021 list of “Regulatory Considerations Applicable...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Investment Management Update - Q1 2024

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This update covers legal developments and regulatory news for funds, their advisers, and industry participants for the quarter ended March 31. Rulemaking and Guidance: • SEC Adopts Reforms Relating to Investment Advisers...more

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SEC Provides Guidance on Determining Investment Company Status in SPAC Rule Release

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies, SPACs, Investment Advisers Quick Take: Following a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules to enhance disclosure and provide additional investor protections in IPOs by...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Not-So-Wild West of AI Regulation

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Over the past year, we have seen the various agencies and branches of government issue a slew of rules, guidance, and directives over the use (and misuse) of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In May, the EEOC issued guidance on...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - August 2023

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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Publishes New Guidance on Advertising Gross and Net Performance

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On Jan. 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new FAQ response discussing an investment adviser’s obligations with respect to the use of gross and net performance information in the marketing of private...more

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SEC Staff Issues Important New Guidance on Presentation of Investment-Level Performance Under the Marketing Rule

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On January 11, 2023, the staff of the Division of Investment Management at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC Staff”) updated their Marketing Rule FAQs. A new FAQ appears to impose the net performance...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Massachusetts Issues Marketing Rule Reminder

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On November 4, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) began enforcing its updated advertising requirements for federally registered advisers. Those rules, described in greater detail here, represented a...more

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FINRA Urges Firms to Focus on Succession Planning

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FINRA recently published Regulatory Notice 22-23, providing guidance regarding firm and representative succession planning, including relevant FINRA rules and administrative processes and questions firms can consider when...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Issues FAQ Relating to Investment Adviser Considerations of DEI Factors

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​​​​​​​The staff (“Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a FAQ (the “FAQ”) relating to an investment adviser’s consideration of factors relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) when recommending...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Enforcement appears as messages disappear part II: Steep penalties imposed in personal messaging cases  

On September 27, 2022, 15 broker-dealers and one investment adviser agreed to pay more than $1.8 billion in total civil penalties to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and, for those same companies or affiliates...more

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FDIC Requests Comments to Draft Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management

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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) requested comments to draft principles for climate-related financial risk management; the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its 2022 exam...more

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