The SEC has been busy this past month issuing new information for asset managers. On July 10th, it issued a proposed amendment to Form 13F filings. Then, last week, the SEC issued guidance on proxy voting for investment advisers. The Form 13F change is significant for institutional equity trading advisers. Section 13(f) Proposed Amendment The…
On June 23, 2020, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert (the “Alert”) discussing observations from its private fund examinations over time. The Alert did not state the time period of the examinations included. However, any private fund manager that has been examined within the past two years should…
On June 18, 2020, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert (the “Alert”) outlining its plans to examine registrants’ readiness for the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) benchmark transition. The reference rate for loans, interest rate swaps, derivatives, and bonds is due to expire by 2022, and firms are…
The SEC’s Division of Investment Management (“IM”) has been busy issuing and updating guidance for investment companies and business development companies (“BDCs”) in light of recent market events related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Two significant letters were released in late May. The first, an SEC No-Action letter to the Investment Company Institute (“ICI”) and SIFMA…
FrontLine Compliance has continued to monitor the regulatory environment closely these past several weeks as our industry grapples with the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Note: we have included key updates and new information in this ComplianceAlert, originally posted March 16, 2020. The SEC, FINRA, CFTC and NFA have all issued guidance or information for the investment…