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In April, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a discussion paper on the corporate bond markets, focusing on their experiences during the COVID-19 induced market stress of March 2020.

ICI has filed the attached comment letter with the SEC on its recent Private Funds Advisers proposal. The letter addresses proposed amendments to the Investment Advisers Act that would, among other things, require investment advisers to prepare a quarterly statement disclosing private...

For the tenth year in a row, the SEC office responsible for conducting inspections of registrants, the Division of Examinations, has published its examination priorities for the coming year.

ICI has filed a comment letter with the SEC on its proposal to amend the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting on Schedules 13D and 13G ("Proposal").

Recently, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a bulletin on the application of the standards of conduct applicable to broker-dealers and investment advisers (both, "financial professionals") when recommending account types for retail investors.

The ICI and twenty-four other trade associations submitted a joint letter to SEC Chair Gensler yesterday expressing serious concern that the Commission is not affording sufficient time for meaningful public input into the rulemaking process.

On March 30, 2022, the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued an order (attached) invaliding the Massachusetts regulation, finalized in 2020, that imposes a fiduciary duty on broker-dealers and agents. The court stayed the order for 30 days to give the...

On February 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to its rules governing beneficial ownership reporting on Schedules 13D and 13G ("Proposal"). Comments on the Proposal are due on April 11, although ICI expects to file by April 7.

Last week, the SEC filed a civil action against an SEC-registered investment adviser and its affiliated broker-dealer for the adviser recommending to clients mutual fund shares that generated millions of dollars in revenue-sharing payments to the broker-dealer when lower-cost share...

On February 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose new rules and amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 with respect to private fund advisers. The proposal passed by a vote of three-to-one. The proposal's goals are to improve private fund adviser...