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Corporate Governance Closed-End Funds Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2024

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments from the fourth quarter of 2023 impacting the investment management sector, including the use of shareholder rights plans as an alternative to state control share statutes....more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Provides Guidance on Determining Investment Company Status in SPAC Rule Release

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies, SPACs, Investment Advisers Quick Take: Following a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted final rules to enhance disclosure and provide additional investor protections in IPOs by...more

Venable LLP

Protecting Closed-End Investment Companies under Maryland Law

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Closed-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), have proven to be a product sought by many investors, especially individuals. Despite their appeal to long-term...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - August 2023

Closed-End Fund Activism Update - Activist investors continue to take large positions in closed-end funds and engage in disruptive activity that may be harmful to long-term shareholders of retail closed-end funds. This...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - December 2021

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments impacting the investment management sector, including proposed legislation supported by the Investment Company Institute to address challenges for closed-end funds; the...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation

INTRODUCTION - This Annual Review (“Review”) was prepared by the Subcommittee on Annual Review of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the ABA Business Law Section. The Review covers significant...more

Morgan Lewis

Shareholder Activism at Sec Registered Closed-end Investment Funds in the Wake of Covid-19

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Shareholder activism in the United States and worldwide was noticeably down in 2020 when compared to 2019, and that decline was largely due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, for US Securities and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

What are DRMs and do you need one? SEC adopts framework for derivatives use by registered funds and BDCs

On October 28, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt Rule 18f-4 (the Final Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), which establishes a comprehensive framework...more

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