SEC proposes new Custody Rule

The SEC has recently proposed changes to its Custody Rule that if adopted will substantially expand and reform the existing rules governing custody of client assets. The scope of assets covered by the new Rule will be changed from limited “securities and funds” to any...

EU-US data privacy framework

summary In March 2022, the European Union (“EU”) Commission and the United States (“US”) announced that they had agreed, in principle, on a new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”) to facilitate the transatlantic flow of EU personal data to the US. In...