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On May 8, ICI filed the attached comment letter on the SEC's proposal on Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets, issued by the SEC on February 15, 2023. The SEC's proposal would amend and redesignate Rule 206(4)-2 under the Advisers Act rule as new rule 223-1 under the Advisers Act...

On March 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unanimously voted to propose Regulation 39.13(j) ("Proposed Rule"), which would permit futures commission merchants (FCMs) that are clearing members of derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) to treat the separate accounts...

On March 27, ICI filed a comment letter on the SEC's re-proposal of a rule that was initially proposed in September 2011 to implement the prohibition under Section 621 of the Dodd-Frank Act on material conflicts of interest in connection with certain securitizations (the "Re-Proposed...

On February 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") adopted rule changes to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions in securities from two business days after the trade date ("T+2") to one business day after the trade date...

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on January 4, 2023. The agenda includes regulatory actions that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission expect to take...

On November 2, 2022, by a 3-2 vote, the SEC approved a proposal that would: amend Rule 22e-4 (the "liquidity rule"), which applies to open-end funds; require mutual funds to adopt swing pricing; and change all Form N-PORT filers' reporting obligations

​​​​​​​Earlier this month, the Financial Stability Oversight Council issued a report reviewing financial stability risks and regulatory gaps from digital assets, and providing recommendations to address such risks.

On 3 October, ICI co-signed a letter with several associations (the Associations) in response to a consultation by the Prudential Regulatory Authority of the Bank of England (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The consultation sought comments on the proposal to amend on...