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Adviser Loses Customer Crypto: Wallet Key Custody Not Airtight

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On June 25, 2024, a final judgment was entered by a federal district court against investment adviser Lufkin Advisors LLC and its principal, Chauncey Lufkin, for losing access to a crypto wallet used to manage a client’s...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Imposes New Cybersecurity Requirements on Broker-Dealers, Investment Companies, Registered Investment Advisers, and Transfer...

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Covered institutions will need to review their cybersecurity and incident response policies and procedures ahead of the applicable compliance deadline. ...more

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New SEC Cybersecurity Rules: What to Know and How to Remain Compliant

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As addressing cybersecurity issues continues to become a top priority throughout the financial industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is following suit. The SEC unanimously voted to approve a new set of...more

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SEC Seriously Limits Dealer/Trader Distinction: Betting Window Open Re Federal Court Veto

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On February 6, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), to expand the scope of “dealers” and “government securities dealers” required to register under the Exchange Act, become...more

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T+1 = Here We Come!

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On February 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a set of rule amendments and new rules to facilitate the shortening of the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions from two...more

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FinCEN and SEC Move Closer to New AML Requirements for Investment Advisers & ERAs

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On May 13, 2024, FinCEN and the SEC jointly proposed a new rule that would require SEC-registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers to maintain written customer identification programs (CIPs). The new rule...more

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Balancing Supervision in a Virtual Environment: Key Points of FINRA’s New Voluntary Remote Inspections Pilot Rule

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Securities regulators have long been concerned with the potential regulatory risks associated with geographically dispersed broker-dealer offices, citing the observation that the distance of these offices from compliance and...more

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T+1 Settlement Cycle: Implications for Investment Advisers

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Starting May 28, 2024, the settlement cycle for most transactions in U.S. securities will shorten from T+2 to T+1 as a result of rule amendments adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).1 The SEC also adopted a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (30): The One-Time Recommendation Definition

The DOL’s fiduciary regulation and the amended Prohibited Transaction Exemptions (PTEs) 2020-02 and 84-24 will be effective on September 23 of this year. However, some of the requirements (called “conditions”) of PTEs...more

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SEC Releases Materials on T+1 Settlement Cycle Adoption in Advance of May Compliance Date

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Who may be interested: Registered-Investment Companies; Investment Advisers; Broker-Dealers - Quick Take: In May 2023, the SEC adopted several Rules and Rule amendments which, among other things, shorten the standard...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - February 2024 #2

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

Mayer Brown

SEC Adopts Rules to Require Registration of Certain Persons Engaging in Liquidity-Providing Activities as “Dealers” and...

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On February 5, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules – SEC Rules 3a5-4 and 3a44-2 (collectively, the “Final Rules”) – to further define the phrase “as part of a regular business” used in...more

King & Spalding

SEC Adopts Rules Requiring Certain Trading Entities, Including Certain Investment Advisers and Private Funds, to Register as...

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Section 3(a)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Securities Exchange Act”) defines a “dealer” as “any person engaged in the business of buying and selling securities […] for such person’s own account...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Adopts Narrower Version of Dealer Registration Rules

Earlier today, the Securities and Exchange Commission in a 3‑2 vote adopted new Rules 3a5‑4 and 3a44‑2 (together, the Dealer Rules) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), that will define...more

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The SEC’s New Corporate Buy-Back Rules Have Been Formally Vacated By the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals: Issuers May Suspend...

On December 19, 2023, the Fifth Circuit formally vacated the SEC’s buy-back disclosure rules. While it is unclear what, if any, action the SEC may take in response to this definitive ruling, the realistic options appear to be...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (1): An Overview

The US Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment advice to plans, participants (including...more

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How SEC’s Private Fund Rules Will Affect Use of Side Letters

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Recent client alerts have provided an overview of the new “private fund rules” adopted in late August by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These rules apply, subject to limited exceptions and carveouts, to...more

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SEC Adopts Private Fund Adviser Reforms

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On August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules and rule amendments (collectively, the “Rules”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Advisers Act”)...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Adopts Significant Rule Changes for Private Fund Advisers

On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted or amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) that impose significant new obligations on advisers to private...more

McDermott Will & Emery

SEC Adopts Substantive Requirements for Advisers to Private Funds

On August 23, 2023, the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new and amended rules (the New Rules) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) that focus on the SEC’s desire to address what it views...more

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SEC Adopts New Rules for Private Funds: What Advisers and Investors Need to Know

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On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) finalized new rules and amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”) to enhance the regulation of private fund...more

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SEC Places Short Order for T+1: But Insurance Products Mostly Off the Menu

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In February 2023, the SEC adopted rule amendments that require most securities transactions effected by broker-dealers to be settled within one business day (T+1), rather than the currently required two business days. The SEC...more

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SEC Adopts Rules to Prevent Fraud and Undue Influence over CCOs in connection with Security-Based Swap Transactions

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers engaging in swap transactions - Quick Take: The SEC adopted rules under the Exchange Act to implement the Exchange Act’s...more

Fenwick & West LLP

IRS Delays Infrastructure Act's Broker Reporting Requirements

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On December 23, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Announcement 2023-2 in response to the new broker reporting rules that were part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the Infrastructure Act)....more

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Practical Guide to the Application of the Marketing Rule to Private Fund Placement Agents

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This article focuses on how the new Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Marketing Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) affects the relationships between investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities...more

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