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The SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-P requiring broker-dealers, investment companies, registered investment advisors, and transfer agents to implement and maintain policies and procedures regarding an incident response program that are designed to detect, respond, and recover from unwarranted access or use of client information.
Read MoreThe SEC charged a registered investment adviser (“the RIA”) and its principal (collectively, “Respondents”) with improperly allocating fees and expenses to two private equity funds (collectively, “the Funds”) managed by Respondents.
On August 11, 2017, the SEC charged a hedge fund manager with misappropriating investor money between different funds he managed. These improper allocations were used to pay for legal and administrative expenses incurred by certain hedge funds during ongoing litigation with the SEC.
On August 3, 2017, the DOL released a conflict of interest FAQs to provide additional clarification around the Fiduciary Rule. In the FAQ, the DOL provides guidance. The DOL will likely provide additional guidance during this transition period leading up to January 1, 2018.
The SEC charged a registered real estate private equity firm with executing a transaction between two funds (“Fund I” and “Fund II”) it advised on different terms than what was disclosed to the Fund I investor advisory committee (“Fund I IAC”).