The Securities and Exchange Commission recently provided a long-promised and needed update, in the form of a proposed rule, to guidance on determining the fair value of securities held by registered investment companies. Although the Investment Company Act of 1940 tasks the boards of directors of these funds with determining in good faith the fair
Fund Organization and Governance
OCIE Announces Risk-Based Exam Initiatives for Mutual Funds—Part 2
My first post discussed the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examination’s (“OCIE’s”) recent Risk Alert (the “Alert”) and specific fund categories in its crosshairs. This post will cover the three remaining fund categories and general examination issues identified by OCIE in the Alert.
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SEC Chair’s Suggested Expansion of Executive Liability Unlikely to Occur
By Lou R. Mejia & Perkins Coie on
Posted in Compliance, Fund Organization and Governance
Apparently lost in the news of the impending departure of SEC Chair Mary Jo White is her recent suggestion to expand liability of corporate executives. In a speech on November 18, 2016, Chair White suggested a potential change in federal securities law that would hold executives accountable even if they are not involved in the misconduct and did not know about it. Given recent signals from the new administration in Washington, we believe this potential expansion of liability is unlikely to occur.
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SEC Division of IM Issues Guidance Update on Personal Securities Transactions
By Andrew P. Cross on
On June 26th, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management issued IM Guidance Update No. 2015-03 titled, “Personal Securities Transactions Reports by Registered Investment Advisers: Securities Held In Accounts Over Which Reporting Persons Had No Information or Control.” As its name suggests, the update deals with the reporting exception in subsection (b)(3)(i) of Rule 204A-1 to the rule’s general requirement that an access person report their personal securities holdings and transactions (the “Reporting Exception”).…
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