The Managed Funds Association urged the SEC and the CFTC to further delay the compliance date on new requirements to private fund reporting, citing operational burdens and ongoing regulatory changes.
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At a meeting of the SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioner Hester Peirce emphasized the need to lower costs and to reexamine the utility of Regulation A (“Conditional Small Issues Exemption”) as a capital-raising tool.
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After undertaking a legal analysis, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance concluded “that the offer and sale of Covered Stablecoins, … do not involve the offer and sale of securities within the meaning of [the Securities Act or the Exchange Act].”
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On 8 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Final Report containing technical advice on amendments to the research provisions in the MiFID II Delegated Directive (Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 of 7 April 2016) in the context of the Listing Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2809 and Directive (EU) 2024/2810).
House Republicans urged the SEC to reform current rules on shareholder proposals, warning that “the politicization of the proxy process continues to place a substantial burden on public companies[.]”
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SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce outlined seven strategies for Congress to streamline crypto regulation.
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On 28 March 2025, the International Capital Market Association published an updated version of its Recommendations for Reporting under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation. A blackline version has been published alongside the updated version, highlighting the changes.
FINRA requested comment on “modernizing” current rules, guidance and process relating to capital formation.
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At the Crypto Task Force inaugural roundtable, SEC Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw cautioned Commissioner Hester M. Peirce and Acting Chair Mark T. Uyeda against conceding that many crypto assets and related activities should not be subject to securities laws.
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