In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown’s Tim Nagy discusses the SEC’s 2024 examination priorities, including examinations of investment advisers, registered investment companies, broker-dealers and more.
Read the related client alert.
This microtalk is a part of a series on the SEC’s Exam Priorities. Parts 1 and 2 are available on our MB Microtalk
In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown’s Tim Nagy discusses the SEC’s 2024 exam priorities, including examinations of investment advisers, registered investment companies, broker-dealers and more.
Read the related client alert.
This microtalk is a part of a series on the SEC’s Exam Priorities. Parts 1 and 3 are available on our MB Microtalk
In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown’s Tim Nagy discusses the SEC’s 2024 exam priorities, including examinations of investment advisers, registered investment companies, broker-dealers and more.
Read the related client alert.
This microtalk is a part of a series on the SEC’s Exam Priorities. Parts 2 and 3 are available on our MB Microtalk
On March 18, 2024, FINRA announced that it has fined a broker-dealer $850,000 in connection with the firm’s program to pay individuals with followings on social media sites (i.e., “influencers”) to promote the firm in social media communications. This matter represents FINRA’s first disciplinary action involving a firm’s supervision of social media influencers.
Certain Principal Trading Firms, Private Funds, Investment Advisers and Other Market Participants May Become Subject to Registration
On February 5, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules – SEC Rules 3a5-4 and 3a44-2 (collectively, the “Final Rules”) – to further define the phrase “as part of a regular business” used in
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Financial services firms’ corporate compliance programs continue to be under intense regulatory scrutiny and face immense challenges brought upon by the FinTech revolution. Many of the financial service regulators have been looking at these developments with a keen interest. The regulatory landscape
On October 16, 2023, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced its examination priorities for 2024. While the Division typically announces its examination priorities near the start of the calendar year, this is the first time that the Division has published its examination priorities this early, to align
On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to Rule 15b9-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that generally eliminate the exemption from the requirement to become a member of a national securities association – effectively, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) – for SEC-registered broker-dealers