April 20, 2021 Virginia Joins Growing List of Jurisdictions Regulating Data Privacy. What’s Next? Jurisdictions are creating privacy laws with competing interests of protecting consumer data without unnecessarily impeding companies’ ability to do business…
April 15, 2021 MiFIR Final Report Analysis On 30 March 2021, ESMA published the final report on the back of the consultation paper from 24 September regarding…
April 6, 2021 Public Pension Fund Independent Compliance Reviews Many state and local government pension funds use third-party investment advisers to manage assets within their pension plans. Pension fund…
March 29, 2021 SEC Releases 2021 Examination Priorities On March 3, 2021, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (“Division”) released their examination priorities (“Release”) for 2021. The Release represents…
March 25, 2021 What is the First Document SEC Examiners Read? Form CRS Peter Driscoll, Director of the SEC’s Division of Examinations, told attendees at the Investment Adviser Association meeting March 4, 2021…
March 22, 2021 SEC Expects Updated Cybersecurity / BCP Policies: Takeaways from the SEC’s 2021 Exam Priorities The Securities and Exchange Commission has released its 2021 Examination Priorities a little later this year than in years past,…
March 11, 2021 New Marketing Rule Effective May 4, 2021 On March 5, 2021, the new Marketing Rule for SEC registered RIAs was published in the Federal Register. The effective date…
February 11, 2021 Groundhog Day for Compliance & the SEC in 2021 It’s almost mid-February, and we’ve come out of the January haze. Now we have a bit more information on where…
February 4, 2021 ESAs Run Out of Options on PRIIPs KID as Draft RTS Has Been Submitted to the EU Commission The ESAs (the trinity of the ECB, EIOPA & ESMA) relented to pressure from the EU Commission to submit the…
February 3, 2021 It’s settled – the cart goes before the horse…for PRIIPs KID The investment fund industry is eagerly awaiting the result of a new vote in EIOPA on Level 2 changes for…
January 29, 2021 The Short Selling Saga: Market Volatility & Compliance The Big Short. Or Long. Whatever your strategy, the drama currently being played out between hedge funds and retail investors —…
January 25, 2021 New York State Mandatory Registration for Investment Adviser Representatives First, a bit of background: On December 2, 2020 the New York State Department of Law adopted new regulations, to…