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The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2024 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on July 8, 2024. The agenda includes regulatory actions that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission expect to take...

On April 8, 2024, a group of ICI staff participated in a telephone meeting with representatives from the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Labor (DOL) to discuss DOL's fiduciary investment advice package.

On March 27, three SEC divisions issued notices relating to the upcoming May 28, 2024 implementation of the T+1 standard settlement cycle under Rule 15c6-1. First, the Divisions of Trading and Markets and Investment Management issued a FAQ that responds to questions about the standard...

For the twelfth year in a row, the SEC office responsible for conducting inspections of registrants, the Division of Examinations, has published its examination priorities for the coming year. While the Division has commonly published its examination priorities near the beginning of...

On February 27, 2023, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) finalized a set of cybersecurity and data security regulatory requirements (hereafter "the Administrative Measures") for the securities and futures sectors in response to China's three-pronged regulatory framework...

For the eleventh year in a row, the SEC's Division of Examinations (EXAMS) has published its priorities for the coming year. Highlights of the Priorities are briefly described below.

On December 16, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Board") issued a final rule ("Final Rule") implementing the US Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, which was enacted on March 15, 2022. The Final Rule establishes the benchmark replacements that will...

On December 15, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") issued a proposed rule ("Proposed Rule") regarding access to beneficial ownership information ("BOI"). The Proposed Rule follows a recently adopted BOI reporting rule ("BOI Reporting Rule") and is the second of...