Custody

Corinthian misused the assets in a private equity fund, Corinthian Equity Fund II, LP (“CEF 2”) that it advised to the advantage of Corinthian and ...

xaminers have frequently observed deficiencies with respect to the custody rule, and in 2017, OCIE issued a Risk Alert identifying some of the typical deficiencies ...

In a bid to provide greater flexibility to broker-dealers withdrawing their registration, the SEC has approved amendments to FINRA rule 4570 affording firms the option ...

Gooder can clearly do better. Grenville Gooder, Jr., a 55-year securities industry veteran, and his SEC-registered advisory firm Ascension Asset Management ($152M in AUM), were ...

A new letter from the SEC’s Division of Investment Management seeks your guidance on how the agency should deal with the non-delivery versus payment custody ...

We welcome input and engagement from all interested parties regarding the potential considerations posed by digital assets with respect to the Custody Rule.

Individual B never agreed to serve as Ascension’s CCO and was unaware that Ascension and Gooder had named him as the firm’s CCO until after ...

Nichter knowingly devised, and intended to devise, a scheme or artifice to defraud, and to obtain money, funds, and other property by means of materially ...

In what may be the last SEC no-action letter released for some time due to the government shutdown, the Division of Investment Management last month ...

Staff Letter No-Action relief under Section 206(4) and Rule 206(4)-2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Dec. 20, 2018 Investment Advisers Act Section 206(4) ...