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The year is off to a busy start for us: In addition to deal work and portfolio company matters, our team attended conferences and met with various capital providers, independent sponsors, placement agents, and service...more
On April 1, 2025, the First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a nearly $95 million judgment against our client Commonwealth Financial Network related to the sufficiency of Commonwealth’s revenue-sharing disclosures. The First...more
On April 8, 2025, then Acting Chairman Mark T. Uyeda of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), highlighted in remarks before the Annual Conference on Federal and State Securities Cooperation two areas where...more
On April 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC, also known as Commonwealth...more
On April 8, 2025, Acting SEC Chairman Mark T. Uyeda gave a speech signaling that the SEC may revisit the current minimum assets under management (“AUM”) threshold for federal registration, potentially reducing the number of...more
The court rejects the SEC's per se materiality argument and requires proof of a causal connection between the defendant's allegedly inadequate disclosures and purported unlawful profits....more
SEC Clarifies Marketing Rule, Warms up to Crypto and Private Placements under 506(c), and Backs off Form SHO; Latest Lessons from EXAMS: Duty of Care and Risk Identification Failures - Welcome to our February and March 2025...more
On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Marketing Rule”). The new FAQs permit...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission staff (Staff) has issued revised guidance regarding the application of Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Marketing Rule), providing flexibility for...more
On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management updated its Marketing Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to address industry confusion that has arisen in the wake...more
On March 19, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued two new FAQs related to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Rule”). The new guidance reduces the complexity of the...more
On March 19th, Staff from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued much needed (and anticipated) relief in the form of two new frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment...more
For most registered investment advisers (RIAs), their annual update to Form ADV will be due on March 31, 2025. We have received several questions about “custody” and peculiar situations where RIAs may inadvertently have...more
On 19 March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Marketing Rule) (available here)....more
On March 19, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) pertaining to Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Marketing Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of...more
On March 19, 2025, the SEC made two significant updates to the Marketing Rule's FAQ page. DWT discussed the SEC's recently adopted Marketing Rule (Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940) in our 2024 post, and...more
On March 19, 2025, the staff of the Division of Investment Management (the “SEC Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released an update to its Frequently Asked Questions1 (the “FAQs”) relating to...more
The SEC's Division of Investment Management (Division) on March 19, 2025, updated its Marketing Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with respect to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Marketing...more
SEC Staff published new guidance providing private fund managers and other investment advisers with flexibility to use extracted performance and portfolio/investment characteristics in marketing materials, without cumbersome...more
The FAQs provide investment advisers greater flexibility to present investment performance solely on a gross basis. On March 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) Staff released two new...more
On March 19, 2025, the SEC staff published two new Marketing Rule FAQs that relieve issues with displaying investment performance under previous staff guidance. The new FAQs allow advisers to advertise the performance of...more
According to the Court of Appeal: An imposter posing as investment advisor Daniel Corey Payne of Lifetime Financial, Inc. (Lifetime) stole more than $300,000 from Mark Frank Harding. Before this occurred, Lifetime had...more
This article is the second of a three-part series discussing trusts in the context of certain common investor thresholds for investment in private securities. This article will examine trusts as “qualified clients” under the...more
On February 14, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a settled Administrative Proceeding Order with One Oak Capital Management, LLC (“One Oak”) and Michael DeRosa. DeRosa served as an investment...more
Hedge clauses are provisions in investment advisory agreements that aim to limit an adviser’s liability for certain actions or outcomes. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has expressed the position that...more