SEC Rules Content

On February 11, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment on what actions, if any, DOL should take under federal law to protect retirement savings and pensions from risks associated with changes in climate.

This memorandum catalogues significant ESG related developments that have occurred since December. It references ICI memoranda that provide a more fulsome description of each matter.

On January 27, the SEC's Division of Examinations ("EXAMS") issued a Risk Alert on private fund adviser compliance deficiencies. The alert compiles results from past exams as seen through the lens of advisers' fiduciary duties and requirements under the Advisers Act prohibiting untrue...

The SEC reopened for comment a proposal to amend its executive compensation disclosure rule to require certain registrants (including business development companies but not registered investment companies) to describe, in response to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, how their executive...

The SEC reopened for comment a proposal to amend its executive compensation disclosure rule to require certain registrants (including business development companies but not registered investment companies) to describe, in response to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, how their executive...

On January 26, the SEC approved proposed amendments to Form PF in an open meeting through a three-to-one vote. Generally, Form PF is filed by investment advisers to private funds to provide confidential information to the SEC and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) about...

On Wednesday, February 23, from 12-3:30 p.m. ET, ICI will hold a virtual members-only meeting of the SEC Rules Committee. We are pleased to announce that our guest speakers will be Sarah ten Siethoff, Associate Director, and Brian Johnson, Assistant Director, of the SEC's Division of...

ICI has filed the attached comment letter in response to a joint consultation ("report") on the review of margining practices from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, and the International Organization of Securities...

IOSCO recently published its Risk Outlook 2022. The report aims to provide an update on the relevant risks and issues that feature prominently on regulators' agenda as assessed against the current and global economic prospects post COVID-19.

ICI has filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission on proposed rule 10c-1 ("Proposal") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which would require the reporting of securities loans to FINRA.