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Investment Management Law: Monthly Archives for November 2010

FINRA Expands Regulation of IPO Allocations

SEC Proposes Swap Reporting Rules

SEC Proposes Narrow Definition of “Venture Capital Fund” for Registration Exemption

SEC Proposal Outlines State/Federal Registration, Private Fund Disclosure, and New ADV

Managing Principal of Private Equity Firm to Pay $6.2 Million in Fines/Disgorgement

CCO and Firm Sanctioned for Violations of Compliance Rules

SEC Staff Says that 1940 Act Trumps State Takeover Statute

BD President Sanctioned for Failing to Manage Back-Office Ops

DoL to Require Expanded Investment Option Disclosure for DC Plans

FINRA Warns Firms to Assess Liquidity Risk Management

Firm Fined $650,000 for Late U4 Filings

FINRA Wants SRO for RIAs

SEC/DOJ Argue that Fund Sponsors are Liable for Prospectus Statements

SEC Proposes Broad Anti-Fraud Rule for Security-Based Swaps

SEC Proposes Expansive Whistleblower Rule

IM Staff Says that Boards Cannot Delegate Review of Affiliate Transactions to CCO

Fund Sponsor Fined for Failing to Comply with Custody Rule

SEC Asks Whether Private Rights of Action Should Apply to Non-US Securities Transactions