ICS Insights
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AI Usage Top Priority for SEC Examiners in 2025
Yesterday, the SEC finally approved the proposed changes to the Private Funds regulations. Below you will find the official news release and an attachment with the Key Changes. Most of the changes/updates will become effective in 12 to 18 months; however, the SEC is...
FinCEN Issues Final Rule Requiring Investment Advisers to Establish Anti-Money Laundering Programs
On August 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule …
SEC Adopts Updated Cybersecurity Rules
On the same day the 24-year-old updates to Regulation S-P were announced, Interactive Brokers reported a customer data breach.
How Advisors Are Preparing for New Private Funds Reporting Rules
The SEC’s new quarterly reporting rules could help make private funds far more accessible to retail investors. But they are a huge task to implement.
FTC Issues Worker Non-Compete Ban as Chamber Lawsuit Looms
The US Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday to adopt a near-total ban on non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry, a rule the Chamber of Commerce vowed to immediately challenge in court.
SEC Modernizes Internet Adviser Rule
On March 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to the rule allowing internet-based investment advisers to register with the SEC instead of with states…
Risk Alert: Shortening the Securities Transaction Settlement Cycle
Today the Division of Examinations published a Risk Alert regarding the shortening of the securities transaction settlement cycle. On May 28, 2024, the standard …
SEC and CFTC Adopt Substantial Amendments to Form PF
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC,” and
together with the SEC, the “Commissions”) …
New Federal Reporting Requirement for Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)
In 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act. This law creates a beneficial ownership information reporting requirement as part of the U.S. government’s …
Overview of New Private Fund Rules’ Scope and Compliance Dates
The SEC recently adopted new rules (the “Private Fund Rules”)[1] that will require additional reporting requirements and impose restrictions on certain activities of …