Webinar | September 2, 2026
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the leadership of SEC Chair Atkins devoted significant time and attention during the early part of the Chair’s tenure to digital assets and, while the agency withdrew a number of pending rule proposals from
CBInsights recently published its State of Fintech report for the second quarter of 2026. Overall, global funding for the first six months of the year totaled $26.4 billion, raised in 1,695 deals, with deal activity declining in the second quarter. Deal volume fell 25% quarter over quarter; funding declined 20% from the preceding quarter. The
On August 18, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) approved a notice of proposed rulemaking. The notice seeks comment on amendments to the registration framework applicable to commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) and commodity trading advisers (“CTAs”). The proposal would provide an exemption for certain SEC-registered investment advisers from registering as CPOs and CTAs
On August 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”) published proposed rules, titled “Regulation Crypto Assets” (“Reg Crypto Assets”), which would establish a framework to raise capital and disclosure requirements involving certain crypto asset-related investment contracts. The proposed rules represent the next phase in the Commission’s ongoing effort to regulate
Interest from market participants in tokenized funds continues to grow. To date, much of the growth has been in tokenized money market funds. As of mid-year, estimates of assets in these funds range between $8.6 billion and $13 billion. A number of money market funds have been available in tokenized form for some time now
Webinar | August 17, 2026
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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In a pair of exemptive orders issued in April and June 2026, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) has allowed certain qualifying tender offers for equity securities (“equity tender relief”), and certain qualifying tender or exchange offers for non-convertible
The Federal Regulation of Securities Committee (the “Committee”) of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (“ABA”) submitted its comment letter addressing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Registered Offering Reform rulemaking proposal (the “Registered Offering Proposed Rules”), the Enhancement of Emerging Growth Company Accommodations and Simplification of Filer Status for Reporting Companies
In a post by its Head of Examinations, Jim Reese, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) announced a series of meaningful changes to its examination program as part of its “FINRA Forward” initiative. The changes are designed to make the exam process more transparent and efficient, and more closely tied to risk assessments. These
On July 16, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new Regulation E-Delivery (“Reg E-Delivery”), a potential modernization of the default manner in which issuers, broker-dealers, investment advisers, and other market participants provide information to investors in our increasingly electronic world. In the words of SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, “[t]oday, the Commission
Webinar | August 6, 2026
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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The institutional private placement market has experienced continued and rapid growth in recent years, with new market participants playing a more significant role. In this session, we will discuss how investment grade debt private placements differ from bank debt as well