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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

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But I’m convinced 2021 will be the year we all realize that our media/information ecosystem is broken – with disinformation, propaganda, and brazen falsehood its most pernicious externality. But in 2021, the good ship Facebook will start taking on serious water. A free and open democratic economy can’t run on b t.

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SEC Announces 2022 Examination Priorities: Private Funds, ESG, Retail, Cyber, Digital Assets Top the List

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Fiscal Year 2021 Highlights. In FY 2021, the Division completed 3,040 examinations, which represent a 3% increase from the prior year, and is on par with prepandemic fiscal year 2019. The SEC highlighted some key metrics from the prior fiscal year. Broker-Dealer Operations. Security-Based Swap Dealers (SBSDs).

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Spring 2019 National Meeting

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As a general matter, the latest exposure drafts provide for further deference to the terms of the Covered Agreements and limit the application of commissioner discretion to the extent that the exercise of such discretion is inconsistent with the Covered Agreements. reinsurer that is not licensed in the state of domicile of a U.S.