The SEC has fined an Ohio-based dual-registrant for violating the Custody Rule because the firm did not provide investors in two private funds that it advised with audited financial statements or alternatively retain an independent public accountant to conduct surprise examinations of the private funds’ assets.
September 22, 2021
New Risk Alerts Focus on Wrap Fee Programs, Principal and Cross Trades
The SEC’s Division of Examinations has issued two risk alerts describing the staff’s observations resulting from initiatives on wrap fee programs and principal and cross trades in fixed income securities.
July 22, 2021
Dual-Registrant Pays Over $18 Million to Settle Charges Related to Wrap Fee Program Fees, Monitoring
The SEC has fined a New Jersey-based dual-registrant over $18 million for breaches of fiduciary duty to advisory clients that participated in the firm’s wrap fee programs.
January 05, 2021
Dual-Registrant Pays Over $20 Million to Settle Share Class, Cash Sweep, and Illiquid Alt
The SEC has fined an Iowa-based dual-registrant over $20 million in connection with “disclosure failures and misleading statements to clients” arising from share class selection, revenue sharing, and compensation practices relating to illiquid alternative investments.
December 28, 2020
President Trump has signed into law the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act to restrict the ability of foreign issuers to trade on U.S. exchanges if their auditors are not inspected by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
December 21, 2020
Adviser Fined in Connection with Disclosure of Share Classes Used by Model Provider
The SEC has settled charges against a Nebraska-based dual-registrant in connection with share class selection disclosures.
December 21, 2020
UK-based Adviser Pays $170 Million in Connection with Transfer of Traders to Proprietary Fund
The SEC has fined a UK-based investment adviser in connection with the firm’s transfer of almost half of the traders assigned to a private fund sold to external clients to a proprietary fund with a similar trading strategy that was created to attract and retain traders and senior managers.
December 21, 2020
IAA Urges CFA Not to Proceed with ESG Product Disclosure Standard
The IAA has urged the CFA Institute not to proceed with a proposed ESG disclosure standard for investment products because of the activity of multiple regulators in this area and the existence of multiple third-party standards.
October 20, 2020
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