Client Alerts & Publications
- Client AlertMarch 4, 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations has released its 2021 Examination Priorities.
- Chapman InsightsMarch 2, 2021
Environmental, Social and Governance investing in the United States has reportedly reached an estimated $250 billion in assets under management and is expected to see continued growth in 2021 and beyond.
- Chapman InsightsFebruary 17, 2021
Investor interest in rated-debt feeder funds has grown since we first issued our Action Item concerning such funds in March 2019. We expect this interest to continue as the private credit market expands through the COVID-19 crisis.
- Client AlertFebruary 8, 2021
On February 4, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission announced they would be suspending the practice of allowing early ends to the merger review process under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
- Client AlertFebruary 5, 2021
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. recently issued its 2021 Report on FINRA’s Risk Monitoring and Examination Activities. The new Report is designed to assist FINRA member firms’ compliance programs by providing annual insights from FINRA’s ongoing regulatory operations.
- Chapman InsightsFebruary 4, 2021
On January 26, Moody’s Investors Service announced it had published a new methodology for rating US public school districts that provide education or educational services.
- Client AlertJanuary 13, 2021
On December 27, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 was signed into law, which, among other things, contains an important amendment to Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
- Client AlertDecember 29, 2020
On December 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amended Rule 206(4)‑1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, which addresses investment advisers marketing their services to clients and investors
- Client AlertDecember 21, 2020
The Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has expressed reservations about a Second Circuit decision regarding when transfers to financial institutions’ customers that are settlement payments or made in connection with securities contracts are entitled to protection from avoidance actions under the bankruptcy safe harbors.