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The 2023 Seward & Kissel Established Manager Hedge Fund Study (the “Study”) focuses on those Seward & Kissel investment manager clients that have been in business for at least 5 years and manage greater than $1 billion in...more
New York State recently issued final corporate franchise tax regulations for sourcing income (the “Regulations”), including specific sourcing rules for service fees paid by passive investment customers (“PICs”) to investment...more
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”) recently published for comment proposals relating to Phase 3 of its rule consolidation project (the “Rule Consolidation Project”) as well as a new integrated fee model...more
Who may be interested: Investment Advisers; Registered Investment Companies; Boards of Directors - Quick Take: The SEC recently settled charges with an investment adviser relating to the adviser’s failure to disclose...more
The SEC approved eleven spot Bitcoin ETFs on January 10, 2024. As a result, investment advisers may be curious about whether or how to integrate Bitcoin ETFs into client portfolios. This blog is intended to provide an update...more
In a September 29, 2023 Advisory Opinion issued to Citigroup Inc. (“Citi”), the Department of Labor (“DOL”) addressed several key ERISA implications arising in connection with a Citi Racial Equity Program (the “Program”). ...more
Fiduciaries of 401(k) and other retirement plans continue to be targeted by class action lawsuits brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) challenging fiduciary decisions regarding investment options...more
In a case of first impression in the Tenth Circuit, the Court recently joined the chorus of circuit courts in holding that a 401(k) plan participant alleging excessive investment management or recordkeeping fees must assert a...more
Registered investment advisers, including dual registrant broker-dealers (collectively “advisers”) who provide discretionary investment management services to individual retirement accounts (IRAs), are fiduciaries under the...more
On Friday, the Ninth Circuit became the first circuit court to rule in a 401(k) plan fee and investment litigation following the Supreme Court’s January 2022 decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University, 142 S. Ct. 737...more
On 10 February 2022, the UK government published its response to the input received from various stakeholders into the UK funds regime review. The response document summarises the responses received and, in acknowledging that...more
It started sometime last year and, in hindsight, was inevitable. Clients with 401(k) plans and a crypto-savvy employee population began asking whether they could offer cryptocurrency as a plan investment option. In the...more
Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hughes v. Northwestern University, No. 19-1401, just one of about 150 similar class action suits filed around the country in the last few years. The case was brought by...more
A federal district court in New York recently granted Omnicom Group Inc.’s (“Omnicom’s”) motion to dismiss, for lack of Article III standing, claims challenging the offering of investment options in Omnicom’s 401(k) plan in...more
Multiple new lawsuits have been filed since the start of 2020. Complications caused by the Coronavirus have not slowed the onslaught of 401(k) fee litigation across the country. Last month, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. was...more
- The OCIE of the SEC highlights that responses to COVID-19 present important regulatory and compliance issues for SEC registrants, including “heightened risks of misconduct” tied to recent market volatility. - The Risk...more
I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a bold new approach to shareholder and investor communications by investment companies registered on Form N-1A under the Investment...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more
- On June 23, 2020, the SEC and OCIE issued its latest Risk Alert describing common deficiencies it has observed in recent examinations of registered investment advisers that manage private equity funds or hedge funds. -...more
On June 23, 2020, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Risk Alert titled “Observations from Examinations of Investment Advisers Managing...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the single director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for the CFPB and other...more
FINRA issued a targeted-exam letter on February 20, 2020 seeking information on the effect of zero-commission trading upon compliance with related obligations of Best Execution, payment for order flow, and non-commission...more
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There are several fundamental principles and concepts that governmental plan sponsors and fiduciaries need to bear in mind as they select and monitor their plan providers and the fees that these providers charge....more
UK investment managers paying fee rebates, loyalty bonuses or similar payments to UK investors and certain non-UK investors in collective investment schemes should note recent case law developments regarding the tax treatment...more