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SEC Issues Rule Proposal Related to Certain Investment Advisers’ and Funds’ Disclosures About ESG Investment Practices

Overview - The Securities and Exchange Commission, by a vote of three-to-one, proposed for public comment on May 25, 2022, a long-anticipated framework requiring certain registered funds and certain investment advisers to...more

SEC Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert Regarding ESG Investing

The staff of the SEC’s Division of Examinations (Division) released a risk alert on April 9, 2021 (Risk Alert).1 The Risk Alert discusses the staff’s observations following its recent examinations of investment advisers, as...more

OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on COVID-19 Compliance Risks and Considerations for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (staff) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert on August 12, 2020 (Risk Alert). The Risk Alert is intended to share...more

SEC Rule Proposal: Good Faith Determinations of Fair Value Under the Investment Company Act

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2020 proposed a long-anticipated framework for fair valuation of fund investments. Proposed Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 would establish...more

Newsflash: SEC Proposes Fund Valuation Rule

On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a long-anticipated framework for valuation of fund investments. Proposed Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 would establish requirements...more

OCIE Publishes Risk Alerts Providing Advance Information Regarding Inspections for Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and...

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued two Risk Alerts (Risk Alerts)1 on April 7, 2020, identifying the scope and content of OCIE’s initial examinations following the...more

FINRA Issues 2020 Examination Priorities

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority published its 2020 Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter (Priorities Letter) on January 9, 2020. The Priorities Letter identifies four core areas on which FINRA will...more

Massachusetts Moves Forward With Proposed Fiduciary Duty for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Commonwealth, William F. Galvin, caused the Securities Division to issue, on November 29, 2019, a revised proposed uniform standard of conduct for broker-dealers, investment advisers, and their...more

SEC and CFTC Issue Identity Theft Red Flags Rules Applicable to Financial Institutions and Creditors

The SEC and CFTC recently issued joint Identity Theft Red Flags Rules (the “Rules”), which are rules and guidelines requiring certain financial institutions worldwide to adopt comprehensive data security programs to detect...more

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