On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a comprehensive interpretation (the “Interpretation”) of the fiduciary duties that investment advisers owe to their clients under the Investment Advisers...more
6/13/2019
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Broker-Dealer ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Duty of Care ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Informed Consent ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
If you read one thing. . .
- On January 1, 2016, the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) enters into effect in key investment fund jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands.
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- Proposed Regulation AT sets out minimum pre-trade safeguards and internal policy requirements on all “AT Persons,” which would generally include persons using algorithmic systems for generating...more
Registered investment advisers (RIAs) are required to review their policies and procedures on at least an annual basis. As an aid to the required review and to assist with timely completion of required compliance tasks, below...more
10/20/2015
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
CPO ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Export Controls ,
FATCA ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Affiliates ,
Foreign Investment ,
General Solicitation ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Patriot Act ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Private Funds ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Media Policy ,
Whistleblowers
On September 22, 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed certain changes in a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Supplemental Notice”) to the position limit aggregation rules and...more
Just one week after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued a new risk alert on cybersecurity, the SEC brought an enforcement action against an investment adviser...more
If you read one thing...
- On September 15th, the SEC OCIE announced in a Risk Alert it will launch a second round of cybersecurity examinations of registered broker-dealers and investment advisers, which will be more...more
9/21/2015
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Data Protection ,
Industry Examinations ,
NIST ,
OCIE ,
Risk Alert ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Training
The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce requires all U.S. persons that own or control more than 10 percent of the voting securities (a “Direct Investment”) of a “foreign” business enterprise to...more
On April 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) published a Guidance Update setting forth cybersecurity concerns and advice for the registered investment ...more
The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday changed its position and no longer requires a no-action request for delegation of commodity pool operator (CPO) functions from persons that might...more
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Registered investment advisers are required to review their policies and procedures on at least an annual basis. As aid to the required review, below is a summary of material developments during the past...more
10/6/2014
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Broken Windows ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
CPO ,
Cybersecurity ,
Export Controls ,
FATCA ,
Foreign Affiliates ,
Foreign Investment ,
General Solicitation ,
Investment Adviser ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Private Funds ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Media Policy
The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a no-action letter on September 9, 2014 (available here) that permits certain commodity pool operators (CPOs) to conduct general solicitation in private...more
9/12/2014
/ CFTC ,
CPO ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exemptions ,
General Solicitation ,
JOBS Act ,
No-Action Letters ,
Private Offerings ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rule ,
Rule 144A ,
Rule 506(c) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury requires U.S. resident issuers (including U.S. resident investment funds) and investment advisers managing foreign investment funds to report foreign residents’ holdings of U.S. securities,...more
On March 12, 2014, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff issued the long-awaited guidance letter relating to the delegation of commodity pool operator (CPO) functions from persons that might otherwise be...more
This alert will be of interest to U.K.-authorised investment management firms preparing to submit applications for variation of permission (VOP) to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in connection with the implementation...more
On November 5, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) re-proposed speculative position limits relating to certain U.S. exchange-listed physical commodity futures contracts as well as to swaps that reference the...more
This alert will be of particular relevance to U.K. alternative asset managers, preparing to submit variation of permission applications to the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority in relation to the Alternative Investment Fund...more
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance published “Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations” (CDIs) on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, that provide important clarification regarding...more
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has published draft guidance on the application of rules on remuneration (the “AIFMD Remuneration Rules”) to FCA-authorized firms, once they become authorized as...more
Swaps market participants that are not “U.S. persons” may not be subject to the full requirements of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) swaps regulation, depending on with whom they enter into a swap. Also,...more
On August 13, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted amendments to certain provisions of Part 4 of the CFTC regulations that are applicable to all commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading...more
8/21/2013
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Commodity Pool ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
CPO ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Distribution Rules ,
Documentation ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
RICs ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to confirm that the FCA will comply with the ESMA guidelines relating to remuneration policies under the...more
On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its safe harbor rule for private placements of securities, Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”)....more
7/26/2013
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Advertising ,
Bad Actors ,
General Solicitation ,
Marketing ,
Regulation D ,
Rule 144A ,
Rule 506 Offerings ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Verification Requirements
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is due to take effect in member states of the European Economic Area (EEA) on July 22, 2013. Some EEA member states (including Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg,...more
Our Investment Funds group has received an update on the changes to the private placement rules for marketing of alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) in Germany following the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund...more
7/5/2013
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Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Banks ,
Compliance ,
EU ,
Foreign Banks ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Private Placements