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  • SEC Issues No-Action Letters to Omgeo
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  • Pay-to-Play Practices in the Management of Public Pension Plans

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Jul. 2009

  • Approved Amendments to FINRA Forms U4 and U5

  • Proposed Amendments to the Custody Rule
  • Sample SEC Exam Request Language – Custody Documents
  • Highlights from the Regulators’ Panel Discussion at NSCP’s Chicago Meeting

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Mar. 2009

  • Custody and Brokerage Statements
  • Recent SEC Initiatives

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Dec. 2008

  • SEC Hosts Fourth National Seminar of CCOutreach program
    • SEC Staff Comments
    • SEC Current Areas of Focus
    • SEC Examinations and Enforcement

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Aug. 2008

  • NSCP Midwest Regional Meeting
    • SEC Staff Comments
    • Risk Management
    • Pilot Program for Exams of Dually-Registered Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers
    • New Firm Examinations
    • Valuation Best Practices
    • Insider Trading
    • Hedge Funds and Insider Trading Information

  • IA Act Summary for Newly-Registered Investment Advisers
  • Proposed Changes to Regulation S-P: Privacy Rule
  • Proposed Changes to Form ADV Part 2

  • ICI Mutual Funds Conference and the IA Compliance Best Practices Summit
    • Key Points by SEC Staff:
      • Lori Richards, Director of OCIE:
        • New Document Request Form
        • CCOutreach Regional Seminars
        • Sweep Examinations
        • Examination Focus
        • FOIA Protection
        • Top 10 Compliance Issues
      • Gene Gohlke, Associate Director of OCIE:
        • Deficiency Letter Template
        • Service Provider Oversight
      • David Blass, Assistant Director of Division of Investment Management:
        • Form ADV Part II Proposed Revisions
      • Buddy Donahue, Director of Division of Investment Management:
        • 12b-1 Revisions
        • Prospectus Simplification
        • Fair Valuation

  • SEC Proposing Changes to Form ADV Part II

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12-30-2009

  • Letters from SEC’s Chicago Regional Office Informing Advisers They are Being Considered for an Exam

Perspective
Nov. 2009

  • SEC Issues No-Action Letters to Omgeo
  • Trade Confirmation Recordkeeping Relief for Advisers

  • Pay-to-Play Practices in the Management of Public Pension Plans

Perspective
Jul. 2009

  • Approved Amendments to FINRA Forms U4 and U5

  • Proposed Amendments to the Custody Rule
  • Sample SEC Exam Request Language – Custody Documents
  • Highlights from the Regulators’ Panel Discussion at NSCP’s Chicago Meeting

Perspective
Mar. 2009

  • Custody and Brokerage Statements
  • Recent SEC Initiatives

Perspective
Dec. 2008

  • SEC Hosts Fourth National Seminar of CCOutreach program
    • SEC Staff Comments
    • SEC Current Areas of Focus
    • SEC Examinations and Enforcement

Perspective
Aug. 2008

  • NSCP Midwest Regional Meeting
    • SEC Staff Comments
    • Risk Management
    • Pilot Program for Exams of Dually-Registered Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers
    • New Firm Examinations
    • Valuation Best Practices
    • Insider Trading
    • Hedge Funds and Insider Trading Information

  • IA Act Summary for Newly-Registered Investment Advisers
  • Proposed Changes to Regulation S-P: Privacy Rule
  • Proposed Changes to Form ADV Part 2

  • ICI Mutual Funds Conference and the IA Compliance Best Practices Summit
    • Key Points by SEC Staff:
      • Lori Richards, Director of OCIE:
        • New Document Request Form
        • CCOutreach Regional Seminars
        • Sweep Examinations
        • Examination Focus
        • FOIA Protection
        • Top 10 Compliance Issues
      • Gene Gohlke, Associate Director of OCIE:
        • Deficiency Letter Template
        • Service Provider Oversight
      • David Blass, Assistant Director of Division of Investment Management:
        • Form ADV Part II Proposed Revisions
      • Buddy Donahue, Director of Division of Investment Management:
        • 12b-1 Revisions
        • Prospectus Simplification
        • Fair Valuation

  • SEC Proposing Changes to Form ADV Part II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 
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