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General education concerning the need to simplify anti-money laundering/Bank Secrecy Act reporting mandates and raising reporting thresholds. H.R. 1, the "For the People Act of 2019"; Title IV, Subtitle F repealing the prohibition on the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgating regulations to require a shareholder vote for a corporation to engage in spending that supports the best interests of the company on public issues directly and through trade associations and other entities. Office of Financial Research assessment of the U.S. leveraged loan market and associated markets, such as the market for collateralized loan obligations. Securities and Exchange Commission guidance to investment advisers on fulfilling their proxy voting responsibilities, particularly where they use the services of a proxy advisory firm, and proxy voting disclosures under Form N-1A, Form N-2, Form N-3, and Form N-CSR under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Securities and Exchange Commission interpretation of Exchange Act Rule 14a-1(l) that proxy voting advice under the federal proxy rules and related guidance regarding the application of the anti-fraud provisions in Exchange Act Rule 14a-9 to proxy advice. Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation Best Interest (83 Fed. Reg. 21574, May 9, 2018). Department of Labor final fiduciary rule and the status of various Prohibited Transaction Exemptions following the 5th Circuit injunction of the final fiduciary rule. Section 5 of President Trump's April 10, 2019 Executive Order 13868, "Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth," regarding the voting of proxies held by Employee Retirement Income Security Act funds. Standards governing fiduciaries under section 402, section 403, section 404, and section 405 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. State efforts to impose a patchwork of fiduciary obligations on retirement plans regulated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the issues this poses for the uniformity Congress intended when it enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act with its preemption provision.
FIN - Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities RET - Retirement
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