Securities Law

SEC Charges Hudson Valley Wealth Management Advisory Firm and Founder for Failing to Disclose Conflicts of Interest

May 14, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against New York-based registered investment adviser Hudson Valley Wealth Management Inc. and its founder, Christopher Conover, for breaching their fiduciary duties by failing to… Full report at: Read More

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SEC, FinCEN Propose Customer Identification Program Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers

May 13, 2024
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Today the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) jointly proposed a new rule that would require SEC-registered investment advisers (RIAs) and exempt reporting advisers (… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Pennsylvania Resident with Insider Trading in Dick’s Sporting Goods Securities

May 10, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Gibsonia, PA resident Frank T. Poerio, Jr. with insider trading for misappropriating material, nonpublic information concerning Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. and trading on that information, realizing… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Names Nathaniel H. Benjamin as Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion

May 3, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Nathaniel H. Benjamin has been appointed the Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI). Mr. Benjamin will join OMWI from AmeriCorps, where he is the Chief Diversity and… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Audit Firm BF Borgers and Its Owner with Massive Fraud Affecting More Than 1,500 SEC Filings

May 3, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged audit firm BF Borgers CPA PC and its owner, Benjamin F. Borgers (together, “Respondents”), with deliberate and systemic failures to comply with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Discuss Regulation Crowdfunding and the State of Angel Investing

April 25, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee today released the agenda for its meeting on Monday, May 6, 2024. The meeting will include a discussion of Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and activity and… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Staff Publishes New Registered Fund Statistics Report

April 24, 2024
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The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today published a new report of Registered Fund Statistics, which is based on aggregated data reported by SEC-registered funds on Form N-PORT. The new report, which will be updated on a quarterly basis… Full report at: Read More

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SEC’s Division of Investment Management to Host Second Annual Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management

April 17, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management (IM) today announced it will host the second annual Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management on Thursday, May 16, 2024. The conference will bring together a variety of… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Issues Second Fee Rate Advisory for Fiscal Year 2024

April 17, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that, starting on May 22, 2024, the fee rates applicable to most securities transactions will be set at $27.80 per million dollars. Consequently, each self-regulatory organization will continue to… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Five Investment Advisers for Marketing Rule Violations

April 12, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against five registered investment advisers for Marketing Rule violations. All five firms have agreed to settle the SEC’s charges and to pay $200,000 in combined penalties. The five… Full report at: Read More

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