On Thursday, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman provided some long-desired clarity on the SEC’s approach to cryptocurrency regulation, announcing during Yahoo Finance’s...more
6/18/2018
/ Bitcoin ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Ether ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investors ,
New Guidance ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Transactions ,
Token Sales
Introduction -
Despite an anticipated de-regulatory push, there are significant new regulatory concerns for investment advisers to address in connection with their annual review of their compliance manuals....more
10/12/2017
/ Bad Actors ,
Bureau of Economic Analysis ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Custody Rule ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Electronic Communications ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
EU ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Form ADV ,
Fund Expenses ,
GAAP ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
IRS ,
MiFID II ,
NFA ,
Pay-To-Play ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Private Funds ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tax Audits
Key Points -
- Unless an exemption from aggregation is available, all positions in accounts for which any person controls the trading or holds a 10 percent or greater ownership or equity interest must be aggregated...more
Key Points -
- The supplemental proposed rulemaking to Regulation AT heightens the procedural mechanisms by which source code is made accessible to the CFTC.
- The supplemental proposed rulemaking adds a...more