NEW SEC RULE 13h-1 and FORM 13H

As we advised you in our Fall Compliance Update, on October 3, 2011, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) new Rule 13h-1, under Section 13(h) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, became effective. The purpose of the new rule is to assist the SEC in identifying and obtaining trading information on market participants that are involved in a large amount of trading activity in the U.S. securities markets. The new rule imposes new…