Inaccurate Performance Information Leads to SEC Charges WHAT HAPPENED? The SEC recently settled with a registered investment adviser that posted false statements and misleading performance data on its public website. The adviser also had referral relationships with bloggers but did not make required investor disclosures about these connections. The [...]
Adviser Facing Jury Trial for Securities Laws Violations WHAT HAPPENED? An exempt reporting adviser (“ERA”) and related private fund were recently investigated by the SEC for a variety of securities laws violations, including misappropriation of funds, making material misstatements, and failing to disclose conflicts of interest, among other infractions. [...]
Key Takeaways from the SEC’s ESG Risk Alert WHAT HAPPENED? Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released a Risk Alert outlining specific compliance concerns associated with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. With these investment products increasing in popularity across capital markets, the SEC is expanding efforts to [...]
Misleading Investor Newsletters: Firm Principal Charged by SEC for Omitting Facts WHAT HAPPENED? The owner and principal of an Indiana-based investment advisory firm was recently fined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for knowingly misleading private fund investors. The violations took place throughout 2017 when the firm’s principal [...]
UPDATE: The SEC’s Marketing Rule is Officially Published – What Now? WHAT HAPPENED? On Friday, March 5, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s highly anticipated Marketing Rule was published in the Federal Register, setting in motion a series of regulatory requirements for investment advisers. The move to officially [...]
The SEC’s New Marketing Rule: Here’s What You Should Know Now UPDATE: 3/5/2021 On March 5, 2021, the Marketing Rule was published in the Federal Register, setting in motion the need for firms to prepare for compliance. Fairview will publish more information on an ongoing basis about the Rule [...]
SEC Proposes Changes to Advertising and Solicitation Rules WHAT HAPPENED? On Nov. 4, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission released proposed amendments intended to modernize the advertising and solicitation rules under the Investment Advisers Act. After several decades of unchanged rulemakings, the Commission is in the process of amending [...]
Private Equity Firm Charged with Failure to Disclose Accelerated Portfolio Monitoring Fees WHAT HAPPENED? On December 21, 2017, the SEC charged a private equity fund adviser (“Respondent”) with failing to adequately disclose accelerated portfolio monitoring fees. Between 2013 and 2015, Respondent accelerated the payment of future monitoring fees from [...]
Division of Enforcement Releases Annual Report WHAT HAPPENED? On November 15, 2017, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement released its annual report for Fiscal Year 2017 (“FY 2017”). The report explains how the Division of Enforcement’s decision making throughout FY 2017 was guided by the following five principles: Focus on [...]
SEC Charges Unregistered Fund Manager WHAT HAPPENED? On October 26, 2017, the SEC charged an unregistered investment adviser and its principals (“collectively, the “Respondents”) with engaging a private fund it managed (the “Fund”) in conflicted transactions without providing disclosure to the investors. The conflicted transactions that Respondents performed includes [...]