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Christopher Healey Quoted in Fund Board Views on Takeaways for Directors from SEC’s 2021 Examination Priorities
Counsel Christopher Healey was quoted in a Fund Board Views article titled, “New SEC exam priorities can ‘direct directors.’” The article highlighted considerations for independent registered fund directors stemming from the SEC’s Division of Examinations’ recently announced 2021 examination priorities. When discussing the breadth of areas covered in this year's priorities, which include liquidity, fair valuation, ESG investing and technology, Christopher noted that it's likely individual boards will choose to focus more heavily on the sections they view as most relevant to them. “There's nothing in here that demands its own agenda item, but I do think that some of the priorities expressed by the Examinations Division [are] similar to issues that boards already are focused on or should be focused on in light of what's been going on,” he said.
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