The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2024-82 containing the 2024 Required Amendments List (RA List) for certain individually designed retirement plans.

The Missouri Secretary of State has proposed an amendment applicable to investment advisers and investment adviser representatives which would deem effecting any transaction with an investment objective not authorized by a client to be a fraudulent act in Missouri.

On December 12, 2024, the Chinese authorities released a notice to expand and enhance China's voluntary private pension scheme. From December 15, 2024, the private pension scheme will be implemented nationwide along with enhancements, such as expanding the scope of eligible products...

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued orders instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove proposed rule changes by the New York Stock Exchange and Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. that would exempt listed closed-end funds from holding an annual meeting.

On September 18, 2024, the SEC, in a unanimous vote, adopted amendments to Regulation NMS that would impact the minimum quoted price increments for NMS securities, the access fee caps that registered securities exchanges could charge, and odd lot transparency.

On December 12, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting a partial stay to Rules 610 and 612 of the recently adopted Regulation NMS amendments.

On November 29, 2024, Australia enacted legislation to require large multinational enterprises to publicly report selected tax items on a country-by-country basis for specified jurisdictions and either CBC or an aggregated basis for the rest of the world.