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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - July 2025

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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 fourteen of...more

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Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions, July 2025

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Recent SEC Administration Changes - SEC Names Brian Daly as Director of the Division of Investment Management - On June 10, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that Natasha Vij Greiner,...more

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SEC Refuses to Answer Whether It Will Enforce Climate Disclosure Law If Upheld by Courts

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On July 23, 2025, there was a notable development in the legal proceeding (currently pending in the Eighth Circuit) challenging the validity of the SEC's mandatory climate disclosure law. By way of background, in April...more

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SEC Requests Eighth Circuit Decide Climate Rules Litigation

On July 23, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission submitted a status report to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit regarding the final climate-related disclosure rules. According to the status report,...more

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SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure

The Securities and Exchange Commission held a roundtable at the SEC’s headquarters in Washington, DC on June 26, 2025 to discuss possible changes to the Commission’s requirements for executive compensation disclosure...more

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FinCEN to Postpone Investment Adviser Anti-Money Laundering Rule

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On July 21, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced its intention to (1) postpone until January 1, 2028, the effective date of the final anti-money laundering rule...more

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Observations from the SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held its Roundtable on the executive compensation disclosure requirements at its headquarters in Washington, DC on June 26, 2025. Chairman Paul S. Atkins set the tone in his...more

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Insights from the SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements

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On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) hosted a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements. As noted in prior Insights, the SEC convened the roundtable to evaluate the...more

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SEC Conducts Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Practices

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As previewed in our previous blog post, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure on June 26, with panelists considering whether and to what extent the current...more

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Corp Fin Revises Two (And Withdraws One) Legal Proceeding Disclosure CDIs

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A few weeks ago, Corp Fin revised two – and withdrew one – of the Legal Proceedings CDIs under Item 103 of Regulation S-K. These CDI changes are catching up to the reorg of Item 103 that the SEC made five years ago when the...more

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Takeaways from the SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules

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On June 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission hosted a roundtable discussion about potential changes to existing executive compensation disclosure requirements. In the lively discussion, panelists representing issuers,...more

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U.S. SEC Extends Compliance Deadline for Recent Amendments to the Customer Protection Rule

On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to extend the compliance deadline for recent amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c3-3 (the “Customer Protection Rule”) to June 30, 2026. The amendments,...more

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From Wall Street to Main Street: Investor Advocate Puts Private Funds on the 401(k) Horizon

On June 25, 2025, the SEC’s Office of the Investor Advocate (OIAD) released its annual report to Congress on its policy priorities for fiscal year 2026. The office was established by Congress to focus on retail investor...more

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SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements: June 26, 2025

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As we previously noted last month, the SEC is hosting a roundtable on the executive compensation disclosure requirements on June 26, 2025. In advance of the roundtable, the SEC has finalized and released a detailed agenda and...more

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SEC Considers Amendments to “Foreign Private Issuer” Definition

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently published a concept release (the “Concept Release”) in which it solicits comments on potential revisions to the “foreign private issuer” (“FPI”) definition. The SEC...more

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SEC Withdraws Proposed ESG Disclosure and Shareholder Submission Rules

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In a significant but not unsurprising policy shift, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the withdrawal of proposed rules aimed at enhancing ESG disclosures and modifying shareholder proposal...more

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SEC Withdraws 14 Pending Rule Proposals

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On June 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally withdrew 14 proposed rules for investment advisers, broker-dealers and public companies, many of which had been pending for several years. Should the SEC...more

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SEC Clears Unfinished Rulemakings from Regulatory Agenda

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On June 12, 2025, the SEC issued a notice (the “Notice”) formally withdrawing certain proposed rulemakings issued in 2022 and 2023. Of particular interest to the investment management industry, the Notice withdraws the...more

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SEC Withdraws 14 Proposed Rules Impacting Investment Advisers, Investment Companies and Broker-Dealers

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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

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SEC Regulation in a Non-Regulatory Environment

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

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SEC Reverses Course on Gensler-Era Rule Proposals – Withdraws Proposed Amendment to its Shareholder Proposal Rule

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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

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One Fell Swoop: SEC Erases Ambitious Gensler-Era Rulemaking Agenda

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On June 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release announcing that it was withdrawing 14 notices of proposed rulemaking issued between March 2022 and November 2023 and stating that it “does not intend...more

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SEC Requests Stay of CAT-Related Class Action Proceedings

On June 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested a stay of proceedings in a pending class action lawsuit challenging the SEC’s implementation of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). The SEC’s rationale for...more

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The SEC Withdraws Its Shareholder Proposal Rule Proposal That Would Have Modified Three Bases for Exclusion

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Last week, the SEC issued a notice of formal withdrawal for 14 proposed rulemakings that were issued a few years ago – these rules were never adopted. The only Corp Fin rulemaking in this group was this proposal from 2022...more

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SEC Formally Withdraws Fourteen Rule Proposals

On June 12, 2025 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) formally withdrew fourteen outstanding rule proposals issued by the prior administration. Although most observers doubted that the current Commission would adopt...more

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