The SEC Division of Investment Management declined a request to take a no-action position from a registered investment company that sought to exclude proxy materials on a shareholder proposal to "declassify" the Fund's Board.
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An investment adviser was fined for failing to adequately investigate concerns raised about the miscalculation of "risk share" returns used by a Pennsylvania public pension plan, and for material misstatements and omissions about the reasons for the miscalculation.
U.S. Representatives French Hill (R-AR), David Scott (D-GA), and Ann Wagner (R-MO) urged the DOL to "cease its efforts" to adopt the "Retirement Security Rule" proposal "to prevent needlessly inflicting harm on millions of retirement savers across the country."
FINRA collated SEC staff bulletins and FINRA resources to improve member compliance with Regulation Best Interest.
The SEC updated its Proxy Rules and Schedule 14A Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations and the 1999 Supplement. The SEC said that it is continuing a process of updating broader "Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations" relating to the proxy rules.