In a bid to create “clear and fit for purpose rules,” the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing a framework, titled “Regulation Crypto Assets,” that will harbor some exemptions from federal securities laws for key investment contracts involving crypto assets. The proposal follows the SEC’s March 2026 interpretation “clarifying how the federal securities laws… Read More >>
ICE Launches Identifiers for Private Credit Instruments
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the NYSE, has launched a classification service to create “unique, persistent identifiers (IDs) for private credit instruments,” a key focus of the ICE Private Credit Intelligence initiative to establish a master data structure for private credit, officials say. The private credit initiative, led by ICE and private equity giant… Read More >>
Asset Owners Take On Private Markets & Digital Assets
Asset owners are strongly embracing private markets and are warming up to digital assets despite the operational challenges of each. This is one of the major findings of a global peer study, “Asset Owners in Focus 2026: Operational and Data Adaptation in the Era of Digital Disruption,” conducted by custodian Northern Trust. The second annual… Read More >>
SEC Moves to Streamline Form N-PORT Reporting
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing amendments to Form N-PORT’s reporting regime that are in line with SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins’s mantra to reduce unnecessary reporting burdens and make disclosure requirements more efficient. Specifically, the SEC is proposing changes to Form N-PORT’s reporting requirements “that apply to certain registered investment companies,… Read More >>
What Did the SEC Halt During the Mini-Shutdown?
As the great songwriter Joni Mitchell once noted, “you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone.” Such was the case with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and many other federal agencies that experienced a halt in operations after a partial shutdown that began Jan. 31. The Trump administration and the U.S. Congress acted… Read More >>
U.K. Treasury Pushes to Advance T+1
HM Treasury, the United Kingdom’s economic and finance ministry, has released a draft Statutory Instrument and accompanying policy note outlining the date and scope of recommendations set forth by industry working groups on the country’s transition to T+1 settlement. Published at the end of October, the draft lays the groundwork for the legal changes required… Read More >>
Spot Crypto Trading Pioneers Get CFTC’s Approval
Listed spot cryptocurrency products will begin trading for the first time via U.S. federally regulated markets on futures exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, says Caroline D. Pham, the acting chairman of the CFTC. The milestone “follows recommendations by the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets and stakeholder insights from the CFTC’s… Read More >>
tZERO & Voatz to Develop Digitize Proxy Voting
tZERO Group, a blockchain and tokenization provider for capital markets, and Voatz, a mobile voting technology company, are collaborating to deliver blockchain‑backed, digital proxy voting that will herald a new era of corporate governance, officials say. “Markets have gone digital — governance should follow,” says Alan Konevsky, CEO of tZERO, in a prepared statement. “By… Read More >>
Client Reporting Can Help Asset Managers & Owners Too
Client and regulatory reporting responsibilities for asset managers and asset owners have always been essential operations that, by definition, have to be without flaws, are basic requirements, and are focused on clients’ needs. A new report from provider FactSet, “At the End of It: A Buy-Side Playbook for Reporting Success,” is making the case that… Read More >>
SEC Explores New Rules for RMBS & ABS Transactions
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to hear from the securities industry about ways the regulator can improve its rules governing residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and aspects of asset-backed securities (ABS). To gather those opinions, the SEC published a concept release inviting public comment. “The concept release notes there have been no public RMBS… Read More >>
