SEC Releases

SEC Charges Investment Adviser and its Associated Individuals for Violating Regulation SHO

SEC Releases | SEC Enforcement Action   On August 17th, 2021, the SEC announced that they charged an Investment Adviser and its Associated Individuals for providing […]

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SEC Issues $1 Million Fine Regarding a Cyber Breach for Mislead Investors

  SEC Releases | Cybersecurity   On August 16th, 2021, the SEC announced that they charged a London-based public company with a $1 Million fine for […]

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Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert about Examining Investment Advisers that Manage Client Accounts Participating in Wrap Fee Programs

Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert about Examining Investment Advisers that Manage Client Accounts Participating in Wrap Fee Programs | SEC Releases On July 21st, […]

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Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert about Examining Investment Advisers on Principal and Cross Trades

Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert about Examining Investment Advisers on Principal and Cross Trades | Risk Alerts On July 21st, the Division of Examinations […]

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Receiving Transaction-Based Compensation? You Must Be Registered As A Broker-Dealer.

  SEC Charges Electronic Trading Platform | SEC Release On June 29th, 2021, the SEC announced that Neovest, Inc. failed to register as a broker-dealer in […]

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SEC Commissioner Provides Updates Towards Climate, ESG, and More

  SEC Release   On June 28th, 2021, the 2021 Society for Corporate Governance National Conference took place, where there were large discussions on Climate […]

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ESG Rules Update from Commissioner Elad L. Roisman

  Vigilant Insights | SEC Release   On June 22nd, 2021, the SEC posted a speech regarding ESG Rules and if the SEC will make them sustainable. The […]

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SEC Announces Annual Regulatory Agenda for Spring 2021

  Vigilant Insights   On June 11th, 2021, the SEC announced the Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The SEC highlighted that […]

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S&P Dow Jones Indices Gets Charged with Failures Relating to Volatility-Related Index

On May 17th, 2021, the SEC settled charges with S&P Dow Jones Indices for Failures Relating to Volatility-Related Index for which they agreed to a cease-and-desist order […]

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EXAMS Provides a Risk Alert on their Review of ESG Investing

On April 9th, 2021 the Division of Examinations (EXAMS) released a Risk Alert on their Review of ESG Investing. Recently, there has been increasing investor […]

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Division of Examinations Provides a Risk Alert Regarding AML Requirements

On Monday (March 29th, 2021) the Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) released a Risk Alert regarding examinations they conducted from Broker-Dealers and Mutual Funds on their compliance with AML […]

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SEC Ad Rule gets an Official Date in Effect for May 4th

After awaiting an announcement regarding when the Ad Rule will take effect from the delay that was given by the White House we now have a set […]

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