SEC Rules Content

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.

Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or "Commission") adopted final rules and form amendments to mandate electronic filing of certain documents that are currently filed in paper format.

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

[34223] July 14, 2022 TO: ICI Members Investment Company Directors SUBJECTS: Compliance Disclosure ESG Fund Governance Intermediary Oversight Investment Advisers Operations Transfer Agency RE: SEC Amends its 2020 Proxy Advice Amendments Yesterday, the SEC adopted changes to its 2020...

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.

Last week, the SEC sanctioned an investment adviser and its Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for failing to adhere to the adviser's compliance policies and procedures relating to the outside business activities (OBA) of an investment adviser representative (IAR) of the firm.

The US Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") recently issued a request for public comment (RFC) on the possibility of additional post-trade transparency of data for secondary transactions in Treasury securities.

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on June 21, 2022.

Last week, the SEC issued a request for comment on index providers, model portfolio providers, and pricing services ("information providers").