Archive: October 2022

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United States: SEC Proposes New Requirements for Adviser Oversight of Service Providers
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Australia: ASIC releases its first insights from the reportable situations regime
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Australia: Australian Government abandons introduction of limited partnership structure
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Australia: Regulatory update – 24 October 2022
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Australia: Regulatory update – 17 October 2022

United States: SEC Proposes New Requirements for Adviser Oversight of Service Providers

By: Megan W. Clement

On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new rule 206(4)-11 and related amendments under the Advisers Act, which would require registered investment advisers to meet certain requirements when outsourcing “covered functions” to service providers.  Citing increasing use of third-party service providers, SEC Chair Gary Gensler noted that the proposals are designed to ensure that outsourcing is consistent with the obligations advisers have to their clients. A related fact sheet and the SEC’s press release can be found here and here.

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Australia: ASIC releases its first insights from the reportable situations regime

By Jim Bulling and Hugo Chow

In ASIC’s first annual report regarding the reportable situations regime, it noted that there were over 8000 reports made to ASIC by financial services and credit licensees under the regime from 1 October 2021 to 30 June 2022.

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Australia: Australian Government abandons introduction of limited partnership structure

By Kane Barnett

The Australian Government has delivered the 2022-23 Federal Budget. One of the announcements relevant to the investment funds industry was that the Government “has reviewed and will not proceed with … the 2016–17 Budget measure that proposed introducing a new tax and regulatory framework for limited partnership collective investment vehicles”.

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Australia: Regulatory update – 24 October 2022

By Jim Bulling and Hugo Chow

ASIC’s crackdown on product disclosures continues

To date, ASIC has issued 11 design and distribution obligations stop orders, with the first stop orders being issued in July this year.

The latest interim stop order prevent a fund management firm (the Firm) from offering or distributing three funds (the Funds) to retail investors due to the Firm not having compliant target market determinations (TMDs).

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Australia: Regulatory update – 17 October 2022

By Jim Bulling and Hugo Chow

ASFI releases its first report on the Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

The Australia Sustainability Finance Institute (ASFI) is working closely with the government and regulators to develop an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy.

The Report outlines the key considerations that will inform the development of an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy that will consist of credible, science-based definitions.

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