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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rulemaking Process Regulatory Agenda

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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 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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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 Solicits Public Comment on Definition of “Foreign Private Issuer”

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a concept release on June 4, 2025, seeking feedback on whether the SEC should amend the definition of “foreign private issuer” (FPI). In the release, the SEC asks whether...more

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Is There a Simplification of the SEC’s Executive Compensation Rules in the Works?

The SEC announced today that it will host a roundtable on June 26, 2025, to discuss executive compensation disclosure requirements. The roundtable’s agenda and speakers will be disclosed at a later date....more

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2025 ICI Investment Management Conference

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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

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Do SEC Acting Chair’s Remarks Signal a Redux of Government Securities ATS Rulemaking?

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On March 10, 2025, Acting Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mark Uyeda indicated in public remarks that he was directing the SEC staff to revisit a 2020 proposal under then-Chair Jay Clayton that, among other...more

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SEC’s Acting Chair Calls for Changes to SEC’s Rulemaking Processes

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As noted in this excellent blog by Cooley’s Cydney Posner, Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda recently delivered this speech that included criticisms and recommendations for improving the SEC’s rulemaking process. Key points from...more

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Acting SEC Chair Uyeda presents blueprint for SEC rulemaking processes

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Yesterday, Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda delivered remarks to the Investment Company Institute’s 2025 Investment Management Conference. While much of his presentation was specific to investment companies, the theme of his...more

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Take it to the Top: The SEC Rescinds Its Delegation to the Enforcement Division to Issue Formal Orders

To issue a subpoena for documents or testimony, Enforcement staff must first obtain a formal order. A formal order authorizes SEC staff “to administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take...more

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Prepare Now for Edgar Next

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On September 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted rule and form amendments to the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system to improve access to and...more

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SEC approves extension of Treasury clearing compliance dates

On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a one-year extension of the compliance dates for its clearing mandate for certain US Treasury cash and repurchase (repo) transactions, in...more

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The SEC's New Cryptocurrency Task Force: A Step Toward Regulatory Clarity

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On Jan. 21, 2025, Mark T. Uyeda, the acting chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced the launch of a cryptocurrency task force. This task force, led by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, with...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC to Review Clearing Rule Compliance for U.S. Treasury Securities Amid Industry Concerns

The SEC is set to hold an open meeting on February 26, 2025, to discuss extending compliance deadlines and granting temporary exemptions for covered clearing agencies (CCAs) handling U.S. Treasury securities. This review...more

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Acting SEC Chairman Seeks Pause on Climate-Related Disclosure Rule Litigation

On February 11, 2025, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Mark Uyeda issued a statement directing the Commission staff to request that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth...more

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SEC Requests Oral Argument Not to Be Scheduled in the Litigation Challenging the Climate-Related Disclosures Rule

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In early March 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) finalized its climate-related disclosures rule (The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors) (the “Final Rule”)....more

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Managed Funds Association Publishes Letter to SEC Acting Chair Mark Uyeda

The Managed Funds Association (“MFA”) published a letter dated January 20, 2025, to Acting Chair Mark T. Uyeda of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, outlining several policy recommendations for the SEC’s...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Asks Court to Put Climate Change Litigation on Hold

As previously reported in our last post, The Fate of the New U.S. Climate Change Rules Under the New Republican Administration, legal challenges to the SEC’s rules mandating extensive new climate change disclosure is ongoing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Crypto Course Correction at the SEC

Yesterday, February 4, 2025, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce shared her first policy statement since being charged with leading the Commission’s new Crypto Task Force. It will come as no surprise that her statement is nothing...more

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SEC Reportedly Requiring Enforcement Staff to Seek Commission Approval for Formal Orders of Investigation

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On February 2, media outlets reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) has told SEC Enforcement attorneys that they need the approval of the agency’s commissioners for all formal orders of...more

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January 2025 Asset Management ESG Review

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Ropes & Gray closely monitors the rapidly evolving ESG landscape, helping asset managers and institutional investors navigate the dynamic ESG regulatory environment and keep on top of emerging ESG trends and industry best...more

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