The Cayman Islands (along with the United Kingdom, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, the British Virgin Islands and over 70 other countries) has committed to implementing the OECD Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”), which will require investment funds to collect tax identification and
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP is a law firm that publishes blogs focusing on regulatory and compliance issues affecting financial services and investment management. Their content covers updates and analyses on securities laws, investment company regulations, sanctions, and financial industry rules such as the Volcker Rule and LIBOR transition. The firm provides insights into developments from regulatory bodies like the SEC, OFAC, and other financial regulators. Their publications aim to inform legal and financial professionals about changes in the regulatory landscape and their implications for investment funds, ETFs, and financial institutions.
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Rule 105 Update: New Round of Enforcement Highlights SEC Approach on Short-Selling Violations
The Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continued its “Rule 105 initiative” this year, culminating in settlements with six firms that total more than $2.5 million in monetary sanctions, in addition to other sanctions. These cases…
Securities, Futures Regulators Increase Scrutiny, Expectations on Cybersecurity
Financial regulators are emphasizing the risk poor cybersecurity poses to market integrity and financial stability, and elaborating on policies and controls they expect the firms they oversee to have in place. Investment managers’ responsibility for cybersecurity has grown like compound…
Cybersecurity Update: Takeaways from OCIE’s Examination Initiative and the NFA’s Rulemaking Proposal
As the end of 2015 approaches, financial regulators continue to emphasize the risk that poor cybersecurity poses to market integrity and financial stability, and to elaborate on the policies, procedures and controls they expect investment advisers, commodity pool operators and…
CFTC Determines That Bitcoin and Other Virtual Currencies Are Commodities
n Sept. 17, 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order against an online platform (and against its sponsor) for facilitating the trading of Bitcoin options contracts.[1] The Order is based on the activities of Francisco Riordan, the chief…
The New AML Rules: Implications for Private Fund Managers
On Aug. 25, 2015, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued for public comment a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) requiring investment advisers registered with the SEC (“RIAs”) to establish anti-money laundering (“AML”) programs and report suspicious activity to FinCEN…
Federal and State Regulators Target Compliance Officers — Part II
On Dec. 18, 2014, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a first-of-its-kind $1-million assessment against the former chief compliance officer and senior vice president of government affairs at MoneyGram International Inc. Separately, on Dec. 22, 2014, Bank Leumi USA and…
New Anti-Money Laundering Rules for Registered Investment Advisers Proposed by FinCEN
Today, Aug. 25, 2015, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued for public comment a proposed rule requiring investment advisers registered with the SEC (“RIAs”) to establish anti-money laundering (“AML”) programs…
SRZ Submits Comment Letter on SEC’s Proposed Amendments to Form ADV and Investment Advisers Act Rules
SRZ on Aug. 11, 2015 submitted comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the agency’s proposed amendments to Form ADV and the corresponding rules under the Investment Advisers Act. SRZ’s comment letter addresses confidentiality concerns about the proposal’s obligation…
Manufacturers Vulnerable to Theft of Trade Secrets
By Bryan Daly
Systems that allow manufacturing companies to control industrial machinery remotely present additional cyber risk when it comes to the protection of trade secrets. Security experts are advising boards of such companies to include these often-overlooked systems in cyber-risk reviews. The…