Insights
- Topic: Investment Company Act of 1940
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- Client AlertNovember 27, 2019
On November 25, the SEC re-proposed Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended. Rule 18f-4 is intended to be a new exemptive rule that is designed to enhance the regulation of the use of derivatives by registered investment companies, including mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, and BDCs notwithstanding the restrictions under the 1940 Act.
- ArticleLaw360October 29, 2019
On September 26, the SEC adopted final Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and certain form amendments that standardize the regulatory regime governing exchange-traded funds.
- Client AlertSeptember 27, 2019
On September 26, the SEC adopted Rule 6c-11 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and amendments to Form N-1A and Form N-8B-2 that overhaul the patchwork regulatory framework that currently governs the $3.32 trillion ETF industry. The adopted rule and form amendments are largely similar, but not identical, to the versions that were proposed in June 2018.
- White PaperWhite PaperMarch 2019
Fund sponsors are increasingly considering two similar types of registered closed-end investment companies known as “interval funds” and “tender offer funds” as an attractive alternative to open-end mutual funds, ETFs and traditional closed-end funds.
- Client AlertMarch 29, 2019
On March 20, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to existing rules and forms that, if adopted, would modify the registration, communication, offering and reporting processes applicable to registered closed-end investment companies and business development companies regulated under the Investment Company Act.
- Client AlertMay 2, 2017
On May 1, Tax Notes published a flurry of revocations of private letter rulings that had been issued to regulated investment companies. In each of the revocations, at least one of the rulings requested in the original private letter ruling was that the income from a commodity linked note was qualified income for the purposes of Internal Revenue Code § 851.
- Client AlertJanuary 9, 2017
The beginning of each year provides an opportunity for investment advisers to review annual compliance and regulatory matters, including issues related to private investment funds and commodity pools. This alert briefly summarizes some of the primary issues that advisers might consider in their 2017 annual review and update processes.
- Client AlertOctober 13, 2016
Last week, the IRS contemporaneously released two pieces of guidance related to the question of whether qualifying regulated investment company income could include indirect commodities income through controlled foreign corporations or derivative exposure to commodities.
- Client AlertSeptember 7, 2016
On August 25, after approximately five years of litigation concluding with a 25-day bench trial, Judge Peter G. Sheridan issued the opinion of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in the first trial of a “manager-of-managers” theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty.
- Client AlertJuly 5, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed a new rule and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that would require SEC-registered investment advisers to adopt and implement written business continuity and transition plans.
- ArticleCCH Global Tax WeeklyJune 9, 2016
UCITS are a type of collective investment vehicle and they may be difficult to fit into existing tax and regulatory schemes. Although UCITS were developed to facilitate cross-border investments, the model U.S. and OECD treaties are only recently beginning to effectively address collective investment vehicles.
- Client AlertSeptember 28, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed new rules and amendments designed to enhance liquidity risk management requirements for certain open-end management investment companies, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
- Client AlertClient AlertJune 15, 2015
On June 12, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release seeking public comment to help inform its review of the listing and trading of new, novel, or complex exchange-traded products.
- Client AlertClient AlertJune 10, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority recently issued a Regulatory Notice announcing that it had added additional guidance to the FINRA Rule 2210 questions and answers webpage to provide additional guidance on advertising and other communications with retail investors.
- Client AlertClient AlertMay 26, 2015
This Client Alert summarizes the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed changes to certain aspects of the disclosure and reporting obligations of registered investment companies.
- Client AlertClient AlertMay 21, 2015
On May 20, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed changes to certain aspects of reporting and disclosure obligations of registered investment advisers and investment companies.
- Client AlertFebruary 26, 2015
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued guidance to remind affiliates of registered investment companies that the receipt of gifts or entertainment may violate Section 17(e)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Client AlertClient AlertApril 2, 2014
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. recently filed proposed advertising rule changes with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Client AlertClient AlertAugust 15, 2013
On June 5, 2013, the SEC proposed certain amendments to Rule 2a-7, which is the primary rule governing money market mutual funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Client AlertClient AlertAugust 15, 2013
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently adopted final rules regarding compliance obligations for commodity pool operators of investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Client AlertClient AlertFebruary 7, 2013
In 2012 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission significantly narrowed the CFTC Rule 4.5 exclusion from the definition of commodity pool operator available to operators of investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Client AlertChapman Clint AlertDecember 21, 2012
By letter dated December 7, 2012, the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released interpretive guidance significantly expanding the scope of its October 11, 2012 interpretive letter. The October 11 Letter confirmed that securitization vehicles that satisfy five criteria, including a requirement that they operate consistent with either Regulation AB or Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, should not be “commodity pools” as a result of holding a swap nor should their operators be required to register as “commodity pool operators” under the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC rules.
