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On April 15th, 2024, the SEC’s enforcement director, Gurbir Grewal, spoke at the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement Spring Conference 2024, where he discussed the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”), cybersecurity, and disclosure obligations, among other topics.
On April 23, 2024, the White House announced that the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has finalized its Retirement Security Rule, also known as the “Fiduciary Rule.” The new rule extends the current definition of “investment advice fiduciary” under ERISA to include advisers when they “give investment advice for a fee to retirement plan participants, individual retirement account owners and others.” The rule and related exemptions will be effective on September 23, 2024, with a phase-in period for many of the exemptions and reporting requirements of one year until September of 2025.
On April 17th, 2024, the Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) published a risk alert to inform investment advisers, investors, and other market participants about the examiner’s observations on the Marketing Rule. This risk alert highlights the Division’s focus on advisers’ compliance with the marketing rule and their completion of the marketing rule items contained in Form ADV as well as Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-7 (the “Compliance Rule”), Advisers Act Rule 204-2 (the “Books and Records Rule), and the Marketing Rule’s “General Prohibitions”.