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Jay G. Baris

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Partner, @SidleyLaw, Investment Funds Practice. Any views expressed are my own and not those of Sidley Austin LLP or its clients
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Reimagining the Investment Company Act of 1940, Part II

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By Jay G. Baris
| Lexology Verified
Click here to listen to the audio. In this episode of Mutual Fund Minute, Paul Cellupica, the General Counsel of the Investment Company Institute, and host Jay Baris continue to analyze the ICI’s proposals to revisit the Investment Company Act of 1940. They discuss the “retailization” phenomenon, revising the annual shareholder meeting requirement for closed-end funds, easing restrictions on co-investments among affiliated funds, and ways to address the growing popularity of interval funds.
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What will second Trump Administration mean for fund directors?

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By Jay G. Baris, Nathan J. Greene
| Fund Board Views
The bottom line: In the near term, it’s not likely that the roles and activities of mutual fund directors will change much. There will be no pulling back from directors’ fiduciary duties and core oversight responsibilities. But we can expect to see a number of incremental changes that, when taken together over time, could significantly affect the regulatory landscape for funds and investment advisers, and thus fund directors indirectly.
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SEC Passes on Swing Pricing, Adopts Amendments to Forms N-PORT and N-CEN, Issues Guidance on Mutual Fund Liquidity Risk

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By Jay G. Baris, Nathan J. Greene, Jesse C. Kean, Carla G. Teodoro, Douglas E. Mccormack
| Lexology Verified
On August 28, 2024, by a 3–2 vote, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) adopted amendments to reporting requirements to provide the SEC and investors with additional and more timely information about certain registered investment companies (funds) on Form N-PORT. These amendments will triple the amount of Form N-PORT data available to investors in a given year by increasing public reporting from quarterly to monthly.
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