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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 ordered a trial by jury to be held for alleged claims against two investment adviser representatives on charges of fraudulent and misleading use of their client’s funds while working for a large, well-known Financial institution in Massachusetts.
The SEC charged a stock trader with generating over $1 million in illegal insider trading profits. Defendant collaborated with four former colleagues, posing as portfolio managers, to persuade investment bankers to share nonpublic information regarding upcoming secondary offerings.
The Department of Labor has announced that the applicability date of the Fiduciary Rule’s Best Interest Contract Exemption, the Principal Transactions Exemption and specific amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24 (PTE)s have been delayed from Jan.1, 2018, to July 1, 2019.