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Latham & Watkins LLP

Consumer Duty - The Final Countdown?

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31 July 2024 will mark one year since the Consumer Duty (the Duty) came into force for new and open products and services, and the deadline for implementing the Duty for closed products and services. Firms must also produce...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

International Comparative Legal Guide – Alternative Investment Funds 2023: Canada

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1 Regulatory Framework - 1.1 What legislation governs the establishment and operation of Alternative Investment Funds? In Canada, the term “alternative investment fund” or AIF is not a term of art. Canadian...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Closed-End Fund Activists Seeking Above-NAV ‘Liquidity Event’ Terms

On October 13, 2021, Templeton Global Income Fund (GIM) announced that its Board of Trustees (Board) approved an issuer tender offer for 70% of its issued and outstanding common shares at a price per share equal to 99% of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Proposed Legislation Seeks To Prevent Regulatory Limitations on Closed-End Fund Investments in Private Funds

The Increasing Investor Opportunities Act (IIOA), introduced on November 19, 2020, by U.S. Representative Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), aims to expand closed-end fund participation in private funds. The IIOA, among other things,...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: SEC Proposes Modified Disclosure Framework For Funds

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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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

ICI, BlackRock, Fidelity, others urge SEC to expand retail access to private offerings

Several firms, including Investment Company Institute, BlackRock, Fidelity and Franklin, commented to the SEC concept where retail investors could gain greater exposure to growth-stage private companies through pooled...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Activists Take Another $290 Million Bite Out of Vulnerable Closed-End Fund Asset Class

On June 14, 2019, Saba Capital Management, L.P. (Saba) entered into three standstill agreements with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco) and three Invesco-managed registered closed-end funds. The agreements arose from proxy...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Class Action Proxy Litigation Highlights Need for Corporate Defense Strategies in Closed-End Funds

On June 4, 2019, a hedge fund managed by Saba Capital Management L.P. filed lawsuits in Delaware Chancery Court and in Maryland Circuit Court against three BlackRock-managed registered closed-end funds, the trustees/directors...more

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