The SEC’s Division of Examinations announced its fiscal year 2026 examination priorities. The high-level focus remains consistent with last year’s priorities across three themes: adherence to fiduciary duty, compliance program effectiveness, and oversight of newly registered or never examined advisers.
SEC’s 2024 examination priorities include fiduciary duty, disclosure of material facts relating to conflicts of interest, advertising practices, and more.
The SEC’s 2023 examination priorities reflect the agency’s broader focus areas, emphasizing an adviser’s fiduciary duty to act in its clients’ best interest, cybersecurity, ESG, and compliance with the new Marketing Rule.
The SEC has unleashed a flurry of rule proposals that, if enacted as proposed, will significantly alter the regulatory, disclosure and reporting obligations for managers who cater to the private fund market.
The SEC’s Division of Examinations has issued its examination priorities for 2022, which are in line with recent regulatory initiatives and rulemakings directed at advisers.
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