In this issue of CFWD we discuss:
- Commissioner Nazareth to Resign – Shareholder Access
Proposals in Limbo? - SEC Issues Fee Rate Advisory for 2008 Fiscal Year
- Rule Proposed Regarding the Unlawful Internet Gambling
Enforcement Act - Proposed CBOE Rules Relating to Governance of Doing
Business with Public - Amendments to Short Sale Delivery Requirement Rule
- FINRA Requests Comment on OTC Trade Reporting Proposal
- SEC Extends and Expands Penny Pilot Program for Options
- SEC Proposes Interpretive Rule on Broker-Dealers under
Section 202(a)(11)(C) of the Advisers Act - SEC Adopts Interim Rule on Principal Trades for Dually
Registered Firms - California May Require Certain Hedge Fund Advisers to
Register and Proposes Additional Adviser Rules - FSA Publishes Paper on Good and Poor Practices in Key
Features Documents - FSA Requests Confirmation of MiFID and CRD Status from
Commodity Firms - FIA and FOA Sign Cooperation Agreement
- Group Pleading Doctrine Held Not Viable Under PSLRA
- Allegations Failed to Raise a “Strong Inference” of Scienter
- House Agriculture Committee Supports CFTC Exclusive
Jurisdiction