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Eleven Key Takeaways for Updating your Compliance Program in 2019: Investment Advisers, Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
Photo by NordWood Themes on Unsplash Cari Hopfensperger, Senior Compliance Consultant, co-wrote this article. Based on regulatory developments from 2018, here are our suggestions for updates to your compliance program for 2019. Conflict…
Best Execution | Cash Solicitation Rule | Chief Compliance Officer | Compliance Programs | Conflicts of Interest | Custody | Cybersecurity | Disclosures | Examinations and Audits | Mutual Funds | Private Equity Funds
SEC’s Top Eleven Hits: Investment Adviser Regulatory Review 2018
Photo by Mark Duffel on Unsplash The SEC’s regulatory actions in 2018 involved few surprises but still managed to challenge investment advisers. In reviewing the SEC’s activity over the past 12 months, I…
Best Execution | Conflicts of Interest | Mutual Funds
Why the SEC is Obsessed with Mutual Fund Share Class Selection and Disclosure (and why you should be too)
On April 6, 2018, the SEC released three settlement orders with investment advisers because they “failed to disclose conflicts of interest and violated their duty to seek best execution by…
Best Execution | Conflicts of Interest | Disclosures | Mutual Funds | SEC News
SEC Offers “Favorable Terms” to Advisers that Self-Report Failure to Disclose Receipt of 12b-1 Fees
On February 12, 2018, the SEC Division of Enforcement announced a new self-reporting initiative – the Share Class Selection Disclosure (the “SCSD Initiative”). The Initiative, led by the Commission’s Asset…
Investment Company Act | Liquidity | Mutual Funds
SEC Requires Mutual Funds to Adopt Liquidity Risk Management Programs
The SEC adopted new mutual fund liquidity Rule 22e-4 (the “Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 on October 13, 2016, in a decision that has been considered by…