SPOTLIGHT
SEC adopts amendments to modernize fund shareholder reports – New Tailored Summary Shareholder Reports
On Oct. 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted their Tailored Shareholder Reports rule. Key facts:
- The new rule applies to all open-end mutual funds and most ETFs (funds).
- Funds will be required to send annual and semi-annual Tailored Reports to all of their shareholders.
- Excluded: Closed-End Funds and Business Development Companies.
- A Tailored Shareholder Report is a 2–4-page summary shareholder report. A separate Tailored Report is required for every fund and share class.
- The rule prohibits reliance on rule 30e-3 for funds that are required to send Tailored Reports.
- Compliance Date: Funds are required to replace 30e-3 notices (and full reports) with Tailored Reports during an 18-month transition period (compliance date anticipated to be during July 2024).
Other items in the rulemaking:
- The SEC’s rulemaking also requires all funds to compare their performance to an overall applicable securities market benchmark in their Tailored Reports and prospectuses.
- The rulemaking also requires fund advertisements with fees and expenses to be consistent with relevant prospectus fee table presentations, and to be reasonably current and not misleading.
- Proposed rule 498B was NOT adopted; There were no changes to prospectus delivery requirements.
CONTENTS
SEC
SEC Final Rules
- SEC adopts mutual fund proxy voting disclosure of “Say-on-Pay” votes for institutional investment managers (Form N-PX amendments)
- SEC adopts compensation recovery listing standards and disclosure rules
- SEC adopts rule amendments to modernize how broker-dealers preserve electronic records and enhance the electronic recordkeeping requirements for security-based swap entities
SEC Proposed Rules
- SEC proposes new fund liquidity framework; swing pricing
- SEC proposes new oversight requirements for certain services outsourced by investment advisers
- SEC reopens comment periods for several rulemaking releases due to technological error in receiving certain comments
Other SEC Actions
- Risk Alert: Observations related to regulation NMS Rule 606 disclosures (payment for order flow)
Digital Assets
- FINRA podcast: Membership Application Program: Reviewing and approving digital asset firms
Department of Labor
- The Department of Labor (DOL) held a public hearing on proposed amendments to PTE 84-14.
Final Rules
SEC adopts mutual fund proxy voting disclosure of “Say-on-Pay” votes for institutional investment managers (Form N-PX amendments)
On November 2, the SEC adopted amendments to Form N-PX to expand the information mutual funds and ETFs report about their proxy votes, and new “Say on Pay” vote reporting requirements by institutional investment managers.
Read the press release, fact sheet and adopting release.
SEC adopts compensation recovery listing standards and disclosure rules
On October 26, the SEC adopted rules to require securities exchanges to adopt listing standards that require issuers to develop and implement a policy providing for the recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received by current or former executive officers.
Read the press release, fact sheet and adopting release.
SEC adopts rule amendments to modernize how broker-dealers preserve electronic records and enhance the electronic recordkeeping requirements for security-based swap entities
On October 12, the SEC adopted amendments to provide a new optional method to meet SEC electronic recordkeeping requirements. This new audit-trail alternative “permits the recreation of an original record if it is altered, over-written, or erased” and applies to broker-dealers, security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.
Read the press release, fact sheet and final rule release.
Proposed Rules
SEC proposes new fund liquidity framework; swing pricing
On November 2, the SEC proposed amendments to their fund liquidity requirements, including establishing new minimum standards for classification analyses, and a new 10% minimum of highly liquid assets, and new public reporting requirements. The SEC also proposed “swing pricing” and a 4 pm ET “hard close” to receive that day’s price.
Read the press release, fact sheet and proposing release.
SEC proposes new oversight requirements for certain services outsourced by investment advisers
On October 26, the SEC proposed new investment advisor due diligence and monitoring requirements for certain services and functions outsourced to service providers.
Read the press release, fact sheet and proposing release.
SEC reopens comment periods for several rulemaking releases due to technological error in receiving certain comments
On October 7, the SEC reopened the public comment periods for 11 Commission proposals and one request for comment due to a technological error that resulted in a number of public comments submitted through EDGAR not being received (and posted) by the Commission.
Read the press release.
Other SEC Actions
Risk Alert: Observations related to regulation NMS Rule 606 disclosures (payment for order flow)
On Nov 10, the SEC’s Division of Examinations issued a Risk Alert highlighting exam observations to remind broker-dealers of their obligations under the new and enhanced Rule 606(a) requirements: (1) broker-dealer figures reported in public disclosures and (2) broker-dealer descriptions of the material aspects of their relationships with each specific venue.
Read the Risk Alert.
Digital Assets
FINRA podcast: Membership Application Program: Reviewing and approving digital asset firms
On November 1, FINRA held a podcast about the role their Membership Application Program team is playing in the digital asset space, some common sticking points in these new and continuing member applications, and how FINRA is working to support innovation while protecting investors in this dynamic environment.
Listen to the podcast and read FINRA’s digital asset guidance materials.
Department of Labor
The Department of Labor (DOL) held a public hearing on proposed amendments to PTE 84-14
On November 17, the DOL held a public hearing on their proposed amendments (regarding compensation in connection with sales of recommended annuities to retirement investors, including rollover recommendations) and opened a supplemental comment period for additional written comments. The DOL will publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the hearing transcript is available and when the supplemental comment period ends.
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