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Attached please find ICI's comment letter on the SEC's liquidity, swing pricing, hard close, and Form N-PORT proposal, which we filed last night. The proposal would radically change the liquidity risk management requirements for open-end funds (i.e., mutual funds and ETFs), impose on...
This memorandum catalogues significant ESG related developments that have occurred since November 22, 2022. It references, where indicated, ICI memoranda that provide a more fulsome description of each matter. You can find all of these memoranda on our website in our ESG Resource...
The staff of the SEC's Division of Investment Management recently issued a reminder to mutual funds and their boards that fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements that are long-term or permanent (or effectively long-term or permanent) and that result in different advisory...
On December 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Board") issued a final rule ("Final Rule") implementing the US Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, which was enacted on March 15, 2022. The Final Rule establishes the benchmark replacements that will...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") recently issued its 2023 Report on FINRA's Examination and Risk Monitoring Program. The report addresses, among other topics, member firms' communications promoting ESG factors. It describes findings from recent oversight...
Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments that will impact certain insider trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and related disclosure.
On January 11, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management staff issued a new FAQ regarding the presentation of gross and net performance of a single investment or a group of investments in a private fund under the Investment Adviser Marketing Rule.
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on January 4, 2023. The agenda includes regulatory actions that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission expect to take...
The bipartisan ‘Improving Disclosure for Investors Act’ is an important step forward in modernizing delivery of investor disclosures. This bill reflects their strong preference to receive disclosure documents electronically, which also helps investors find the information that is most...
As we previously informed you, on August 26, 2022, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced that it signed a Statement of Protocol with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China regarding the PCAOB's...
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