The US Securities and Exchange Commission's new rules for private fund advisers are meant to increase transparency for investors, but they will also increase operational pain and cost for compliance managers even more, fund executives tell FinOps Report. Although the SEC has eliminated some of the more controversial provisions for the estimated US$22.6 trillion dollar industry initially … [Read More...]
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SEC Tells Mutual Fund Industry: Lost Accountholders Matter
Compliance directors at US mutual fund transfer agents and US mutual funds will have to follow the US Securities and Exchange Commission's rules to a T and they will have more administrative work on their hands to inform investors about the perils of … [Read More]
SEC’s Take on Predictive Data Analytics: A Failed Prediction?
Mindboggling isn't a word often used when discussing proposals issued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, but the latest one for registered investment advisers and broker-dealers about addressing conflicts of interest when using predictive data … [Read More]
EquiLend, Prime Brokers Settle Sec Lending Antitrust Lawsuit
E-trading platform for securities lending EquLend has agreed to pay pension funds and others part of a whopping $500 million and to revamp its governance policy to settle an antitrust class-action lawsuit which includes prime brokers Goldman Sachs, Morgan … [Read More]
Will Wall Street Earn Windfall For US CUSIP ID Codes?
Data management, trading, post-trade operations and compliance managers at buy-side and sell-side firms might one day no longer have to worry about their organizations being forced to pay for US identification codes and could even celebrate their winning over … [Read More]
SEC’s Proposed New Custody Rule Fails Industry Litmus Test
Fund management and custodian operations and legal experts are warning the US Securities and Exchange Commission that its proposed changes to its custody rule, which requires registered investment advisers to select a qualified custodian to safeguard their … [Read More]