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SEC Staff Greenlights Information Barriers as Alternative Approach to Rule 192 Compliance

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The staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance recently granted no-action relief for transactions under Securities Act Rule 192(a)(3)(iii) (commonly known as prong (iii)) where the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

After 12 Enforcement Actions and 9 No-Action Letters, CFTC Staff Effectively Repeals the Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark Disclosure...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) Market Participants Division (MPD) issued Letter 25-09, which effectively eliminates the pre-trade mid-market mark (PTMMM) disclosure requirement for uncleared...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

FinCEN’s Proposed Rule to Regulate Investment Advisers: The Questions Industry Should Be Following

FinCEN is focused on customer due diligence, and both the 2024 Investment Adviser Risk Assessment and proposed rule indicate that investment advisers will be expected to assess customer identity, business model, and sources...more

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CFPB To Revisit Trump-Era QM Final Rules

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In this Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a statement announcing its intention to revisit Trump-era qualified mortgage (QM) final rules; the Biden Administration announced changes to the Small...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

SEC Responds to Wyoming’s Opinion on Custody of Digital Assets and Qualified Custodian Status

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a statement in response to the Wyoming Division of Banking’s No-Action Letter on Custody of Digital Assets and Qualified Custodian Status....more

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Financial Services Weekly News: Regulators Prepare for End of LIBOR

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I’m Dreaming of . . . LIBOR Cessation and Transition. While many of us were enjoying the holiday season, federal and state financial regulators were focused on the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate...more

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SEC Simplifies Filing of Broker-Dealer Annual Reports on EDGAR

The SEC has previously provided guidance on the filing of annual and supplemental reports required under Rule 17a-5 or Rule 17a-12 by broker-dealers or over-the-counter derivatives dealers on the SEC EDGAR system. However,...more

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SEC Staff Allows Brokers to Set Fund Commissions with “Clean Shares”

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The SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter on January 11, 2017 explicitly permitting brokers to set their own commission rates for sales of so-called “clean shares” of mutual funds. Previously, as...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The emissions cheating scandal that recently cost VW $4.3 billion and a mess of criminal indictments isn’t, it seems, confined to the Germans. We heard months ago about a similar probe into Mitsubishi, and yesterday we...more

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SEC Provides Guidance on Venture Capital Fund Advisers Exemption

Investment advisers to venture capital funds are exempt from registration under the Investment Advisors Act if certain requirements are met. Amongst those requirements is that certain investments be made in qualifying...more

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Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make me a… 506(b) Private Placement Investment

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The SEC has given the go-ahead to a venture capital firm’s plan to conduct 506(b) private placements online. On August 5, 2015, the Commission issued a no-action letter to Citizen VC, Inc., saying the firm’s proposed online...more

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FINRA Rule 2040 Goes Into Effect

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On August 24, 2015, FINRA Rule 2040 concerning payments to unregistered persons went into effect. The rule, approved by the SEC in January 2015, is aligned with § 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Generally, FINRA...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

The Restructuring Mid-Summer Review: Europe and the Emerging Markets - For those focused on the debt restructuring market, the Greek sovereign crisis (covered extensively in our recent updates1) has drowned out news of...more

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