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Snell & Wilmer

SEC Division of Examinations Priorities for 2025: Examinations Will Prioritize New Rules for Form PF and Regulation S-P, Fiduciary...

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On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued its annual examination priorities for fiscal year 2025. As with its 2024 examination...more

Troutman Pepper

New SEC Private Funds Rules – What Is Happening and What You Need to Know - Troutman Pepper Podcast

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On August 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission finalized the Private Funds Rules. Listen to Troutman Pepper Partner Genna Garver and Fairview General Counsel and Executive Vice President Amber Allen as they discuss the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Client Alert: Proposed SEC Rules for Investment Advisers and Regulated Funds, and New FTC Safeguard Rule Applicable to Private...

On February 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose new rule 206(4)-9 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) and 38a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (collectively...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Staff Observes Practices of Private Fund Advisers That Raise Concerns

Investment advisers that manage private funds should promptly review their compliance policies and procedures, practices and disclosures to ensure these address, and are not inconsistent with, the areas of concern raised in a...more

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New DOL Fiduciary Rule Package: What You Really Need to Know

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (the “DOL”) new “fiduciary rule” package, issued on June 29, 2020, and published in the Federal Register on July 7, 2020, has three important components...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

New Regulation Best Interest FAQs Address Topics Familiar to DOL Fiduciary Rule Veterans

On January 10, 2020, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) updated its frequently asked questions on Regulation Best Interest (the “FAQs”). ...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #20

Regulation Best Interest: Rollover Recommendations and Form CRS/ADV Part 3 Disclosures (Rollovers Part 6) - The SEC has issued its final Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), Form CRS Rule, RIA Interpretation and Solely...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #13

Regulation Best Interest: The SEC has issued its final Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), Form CRS Regulation, RIA Interpretation and Solely Incidental Interpretation. I am discussing the SEC’s guidance in a series of...more

Carlton Fields

Multiple Plaintiffs Take Shot at SEC Regulation Best Interest

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation Best Interest faces a bumpy road in the wake of recent lawsuits challenging the appropriateness and effectiveness of the rule....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #10

Regulation Best Interest: The Focus on Costs (Part 2) - The SEC has issued its final Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), Form CRS Regulation, RIA Interpretation and Solely Incidental Interpretation. I am discussing the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #9

Regulation Best Interest: The Focus on Costs (Part 1) - The SEC has issued its final Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), Form CRS Regulation, RIA Interpretation and Solely Incidental Interpretation. I am discussing the...more

Jones Day

FINRA Advises Member Firms to Submit Questions to the SEC on Regulation Best Interest - FINRA advises broker-dealers about the...

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On August 7, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") issued a Regulatory Notice (the "Notice") intended to advise broker-dealers about the Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") recently adopted...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

REG BI, FORM CRS: The TARDIS of Disclosure Requirements

In light of the significance of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) for the financial services industry, Drinker Biddle & Reath’s Best Interest Compliance Team is publishing a series of articles on the Securities and Exchange...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest Featuring Article on FINRA Notice of New SEC Regulation Establishing "Best Interest" Standard...

BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Issues Regulatory Notice Reminding Members of SEC's Adoption of a Best Interest Standard of Conduct - On August 7, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Regulatory Notice...more

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Links to Regulatory Materials

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SEC ADOPTING RELEASES - New Regulation Best Interest: Title: Regulation Best Interest: The Broker-Dealer Standard of Conduct....more

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Form CRS: Practical Considerations

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OVERVIEW - On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted a series of new rules and interpretations designed to enhance the protection of retail investors and to improve the quality and...more

Carlton Fields

Unpacking the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest Package

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On June 5, 2019, the SEC adopted a four-part regulatory package that includes: new Regulation Best Interest (Reg. BI), the related “Relationship Summary” disclosure form (Form CRS), and two interpretations of the Advisers...more

Vedder Price

SEC Adopts Rules and Interpretations Concerning the Standard of Conduct for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

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On June 5, 2019, the SEC adopted a package of rules and interpretations addressing standards of conduct for broker-dealers and investment advisers: • Regulation Best Interest. Regulation BI establishes a standard of...more

Jones Day

Final Rule on Regulation Best Interest Now Complete

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The Situation: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has adopted: (i) new regulations relating to the relationship between broker-dealers and their retail customers; and (ii) interpretations of the standard of...more

Morgan Lewis

In Focus: SEC Form CRS Roadmap – How to Navigate Its Operational Challenges

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To help retail investors better understand the services, fees, costs, conflicts of interest, and required standards of conduct that apply to relationships with broker-dealers (Broker-Dealers), federally registered investment...more

A&O Shearman

SEC Adopts Interpretive Guidance on Investment Adviser Fiduciary Duty

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On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released a long-anticipated interpretation of investment adviser fiduciary duty under Section 206 of the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“the Advisers...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

Implicit Recommendations To Hold: FINRA’s Suitability Rule Goes Toe-To-Toe With SEC’s Regulation BI

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Nearly ten years ago, FINRA decided to update its old suitability rule, NASD Rule 2310. It had been around a long time, and while it seemed to work fine, FINRA decided to incorporate into the new amended rule – FINRA Rule...more

Stinson LLP

SEC Adopts Regulation Best Interest

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New rule includes a heightened standard for broker-dealers, new required disclosures for investment advisers and broker-dealers and other guidance - On June 5, 2019, by a vote of 3-1, the SEC adopted Regulation Best...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Components of Regulation Best Interest

As we previously blogged, on June 5, 2019, the SEC adopted Regulation Best Interest. The final regulation includes obligations relating to disclosure, care, conflicts of interest and compliance, which are each specific...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Final Reg BI Package: What to Know and What’s Next

On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Chairman Jay Clayton, voted 3 to 1 to approve the four agenda items that encompassed the “Reg BI Package.” These four items were Regulation Best Interest –...more

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