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Earlier this week, the SEC announced its settlement of enforcement actions against 15 broker-dealers and one investment adviser for failing to comply with recordkeeping requirements to maintain and preserve certain "off-channel communications."

Earlier this week the SEC charged investment adviser Toews Corporation (the "adviser") with violations of the Advisers Act and the proxy voting rule thereunder in connection with the adviser's proxy voting-related conduct.

In July, the SEC proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8 (the shareholder proposal rule) by a 3-2 vote.

In July, the SEC proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8 (the shareholder proposal rule) by a 3-2 vote. The proposal would narrow three bases upon which companies may exclude shareholder proposals from their proxy statements: the "substantial implementation," "duplication," and...

In June, the US Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") issued a notice and request for information (RFI) on the possibility of additional post-trade transparency of data for secondary transactions in Treasury securities.[1] On August 19, ICI filed a comment letter discussing member...

On August 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted a final rule modifying the swap clearing requirements to reflect the market shift away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other Interbank Offered Rates (IBORs) in favor of alternative benchmark...

In June, the SEC issued a request for comment on index providers, model portfolio providers, and pricing services.

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued a Staff Bulletin providing guidance on the application of standards of conduct relevant to broker-dealers and investment advisers in identifying and addressing conflicts of interest.

In June, the SEC issued a request for comment on index providers, model portfolio providers, and pricing services.

On July 26, William Birdthistle, Director of the SEC's Division of Investment Management, gave a speech on current issues and trends in investment management at the Practicing Law Institute Investment Management 2022 program.