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FINRA and SEC Float Concerns Over Social Media Finfluencers

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Social media marketing is an important form of advertising in our digital world, particularly with a target audience of younger investors. This has caught the eye of FINRA and the SEC....more

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SEC Penalties for Off-Channel Communications: Still Blowing in the Wind

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The SEC has increased its enforcement efforts against firms that are registered as broker-dealers and/or investment advisers for alleged violations of federal securities laws involving “off-channel communications.” Such...more

DLA Piper

IMpact: Investment Management News – September 2024

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Welcome to IMpact: Investment Management News. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers share their insights on key developments that are impacting the investment management industry....more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Latest SEC Document Request Lists: What Private Fund Managers Should be Worrying About

Many private fund managers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Fifth Circuit struck down the Private Fund Rules (check out our blog post for more information). Do not, however, assume the SEC will stop its aggressive...more

Alston & Bird

Navigating AI-Related Disclosure Challenges: Securities Filing, SEC Enforcement, and Shareholder Litigation Trends

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Companies’ accelerating reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) means heightened Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and shareholder plaintiff scrutiny. Our Securities Litigation Group underscores what companies need to...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

OBSI Joint Regulators Committee Releases 2023 Annual Report

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”) recently published the Annual Report (“Report”) of the Joint Regulators Committee (“JRC”) of the Ombudsman for...more

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EMDs Can Now Participate in Prospectus Offerings

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The securities regulators in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan have published a temporary exemption that allows exempt market dealers (“EMDs”) to participate in prospectus...more

Troutman Pepper

SEC Charges Investment Advisor for Misleading Disclosures About Its Work With Short Publishers

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On June 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the first settled case in its ongoing review of collaborations between investment advisors and short publishers. The SEC fined affiliated investment advisors...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 36: The Intersection of AI and Securities Regulation

This week, RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt welcome Ignacio Sandoval, a partner at Orrick and former special counsel in the SEC's Office of Chief Counsel, to explore the timely and complex subject of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

SEC Moves Closer to Regulating the Use of AI by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held an open meeting of its Investment Advisory Committee on June 6, 2024, which featured a panel to review the use of artificial intelligence in investment decision making....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

New SEC Data Breach Rules for Investment Advisers, Broker Dealers and Investment Companies

On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P (the “Data Privacy Amendments”), which were published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2024, starting the clock...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

Is it Time to Test Your Recordkeeping and Code of Ethics?

Washington D.C., April 3, 2024, the SEC announced charges against registered investment adviser Senvest Management LLC for widespread and longstanding failures to maintain and preserve certain electronic communications, as...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

What Private Equity Firms Need to Know About the Ongoing SEC Investigation of “Off-Channel” Communications

Over the last several years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has been laser-focused on the use of so-called “off-channel communications” in the financial services industry. On the theory that employees’ use of...more

Bilzin Sumberg

SEC Issues First AI-Related Civil Penalties and Warns Against “AI Washing”

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​​​​​​​The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, March 18, 2024, entered into settlements with Delphia (USA) and Global Predictions, which agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $225,000 and $175,000, for “AI...more

Mayer Brown

US SEC Adopts Rules on Definitions of “Dealer” and “Government Securities Dealer”: Focus on Investment Advisers and Investment...

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On February 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Rules 3a5-4 and 3a44-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), which significantly expand the definitions of “dealer” and “government...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Fintech in Brief: SEC Action Highlights Questions Related to the Use of Influencers and Index Providers by Investment Advisers

A recent settlement announced by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) highlights the risks of using social media influencers when marketing investments. It also underscores recent SEC scrutiny on the use of index...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Adopts Its New Private Funds Adviser Rules - Final Rules Create New Requirements for Private Fund Advisers

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted and published its Final Rule Release IA-6383 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) on August 23, 2023. These rules (the “Final Rules”)...more

Stinson LLP

SEC Enhances Regulation of Private Fund Advisers

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On August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt new rules and amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) to the regulation of private fund advisers (Final Rule). The...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

SEC Adopts New Private Fund Adviser Rules

On August 23, 2023, a divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new rules (the Rules) relating to the regulation of private fund advisers. The Rules aim to help protect investors in private funds (including...more

Jones Day

SEC Adopts Long-Awaited and Heavily Debated Private Fund Adviser Rules

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted multiple rules that will impact private funds, governing documents, and side letters....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Adopts Extensive New Rules for Investment Advisers to “Private Funds,” but Excludes CLOs and Other “Securitized Asset Funds”...

In February 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) proposed sweeping new regulatory requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) for investment...more

Burr & Forman

New Front in ESG Wars: Securities Industry Sues Missouri

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On August 10, 2023, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) – a leading Wall Street industry association – filed suit to enjoin new Missouri regulations requiring investment advisors (“IA’s”) and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes New Conflicts of Interest Rule for Use of AI by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

The passage of omnibus federal legislation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is unlikely in the short term, but individual federal agencies continue to address the implementation of AI within the areas they regulate....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Proposes Additional Conflict-of-Interest Rule for Investment Advisers' and Broker-Dealers' Use of AI in Customer Interactions

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Summary - The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed additional compliance obligations on broker-dealers and investment advisers and their use of artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics, and...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Upcoming SEC Open Meeting on Cyber (and More)

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an open meeting to be held on July 26, 2023.  The agenda includes consideration of the final amendments to the rules relating to enhanced and standardized disclosures regarding...more

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