On April 8, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), adopted amendments that would allow business development companies (BDCs) and registered closed-end funds (CEFs), to use the securities offering rules that are...more
On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted a final rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”) that will enable most exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) to...more
11/26/2019
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Rule 6c-11 ,
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On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to rules governing investment adviser advertisements and payment to solicitors under the Investment Advisers Act. The comment period...more
11/18/2019
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No-Action Letters ,
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Reasonable Care ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In what will be a welcome reprieve, the Securities and Exchange Commission eased compliance burdens for most mutual funds, ETFs and closed-end funds to file portfolio holdings reports on Form N-PORT. The SEC pushed back the...more
In May 2015, we reported on proposals by the Securities and Exchange Commission to expand public disclosures by registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) of various aspects of their separately managed accounts (“SMA”)...more
Over the last few months, an exceptional number of investment management firms have either registered or prepared to register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as “commodity pool operators” (“CPOs”). Many...more