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As we previously informed you, on June 3, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China (EO) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a number of...

On June 3, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China (EO) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a number of new FAQs and updated others...

SEC Chair Gensler Directs SEC Staff to Consider Further Action on Regulation of Proxy Voting Advice

On May 26, the Market Participants Division of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or "Commission") issued updated responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding CFTC Regulation 4.27 and CFTC Form CPO-PQR.[1] The FAQs are summarized briefly below.

On May 18, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 1B "Authorizing Transactions Involving Securities of Certain Communist Chinese Military Companies"[1] with respect to Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020, Addressing the Threat From Securities...

On May 13, ICI filed the attached letter urging the SEC to reform the processing fee framework that governs the fees that intermediaries may charge funds for delivering proxy and other disclosure materials to fund shareholders who hold shares through such intermediaries.

On Tuesday, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management issued a statement on registered fund investments in cash-settled Bitcoin futures traded on CFTC-regulated exchanges ("Bitcoin futures").[1] The statement cautions funds investing in...

We wanted to inform you about a recent development related to Executive Order 13959. As a reminder, President Trump on November 12, 2020, issued Executive Order 13959 prohibiting by any US person "any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of...

On March 18, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) adopted interim final form amendments to implement the disclosure and submission requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCA Act), which go into effect on May 5, 2021. The SEC...

[33399] March 29, 2021 TO: ICI Members ICI Global Members SUBJECTS: Audit and Attest Compliance Disclosure International/Global RE: SEC Adopts Form Amendments to Implement the Disclosure and Submission Requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act The US Securities and...