SEC Rules Content

In August, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) issued proposals and requested comment regarding reducing the trade reporting timeframe for certain transactions reported to the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine...

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."

On September 14, the SEC proposed rules that would mandate the clearing and settlement of certain secondary market transactions in US Treasury securities in which one of the counterparties is a direct participant of a covered clearing agency for such securities ("Treasury CCA").

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.

On September 20, 2022, the SEC settled an enforcement action against a dually-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser for violating Regulation S-P by failing to ensure the proper disposal of customers' non-public personal information (NPPI) when it decommissioned various...

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

In August, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) issued proposals and requested comment regarding reducing the trade reporting timeframe for certain transactions reported to the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine...

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...

On August 26, 2022, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced that it had 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 ability to completely...

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...