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The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on June 13, 2023. The agenda includes regulatory actions that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission expect to take...

On June 13, 2023, ICI filed a comment letter with the SEC with regards to the supplemental information and reopening of the comment period for its proposal that would, among other things, amend Rule 3b-16 under the Exchange Act, which defines certain terms used in the statutory...

ICI Global coordinated the twelve national, regional, and global industry associations that made a submission to the Australian Government addressing substantial concerns with a draft proposal to require multinational tax transparency through public country-by-country (CbC) reporting.

On May 4, 2023, the SEC brought a settled enforcement action against a registered investment adviser and its part-owner and investment adviser representative (together, "Respondents") for alleged breach of the fiduciary duty of care and compliance violations under the Investment...

On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the "Commission") adopted a final rule amending Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain registered investment advisers to private funds. Form PF provides information to the SEC and the Financial Stability...

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 April 20, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or SEC) staff issued a third staff bulletin ("Staff Bulletin") providing guidance on the duty of care obligations under Regulation Best Interest ("Reg BI") for broker-dealers and under the fiduciary duty standard...