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The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to propose at its open meeting on Feb. 9 new cybersecurity rules for advisors, to shorten the settlement cycle for most securities transactions as well as propose amendments to its whistleblower rules.
According to the meeting agenda, the commission will consider whether to propose new rules to address cybersecurity risk management for registered investment advisors and investment companies as well as related amendments to certain rules regarding advisor and fund disclosures under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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Melanie Waddell
Melanie is senior editor and Washington bureau chief of ThinkAdvisor. Her ThinkAdvisor coverage zeros in on how politics, policy, legislation and regulations affect the investment advisory space. Melanie’s coverage has been cited in various lawmakers’ reports, letters and bills, and in the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule in 2024. In 2019, Melanie received an Honorable Mention, Range of Work by a Single Author award from @Folio. Melanie joined Investment Advisor magazine as New York bureau chief in 2000. She has been a columnist since 2002. She started her career in Washington in 1994, covering financial issues at American Banker. Since 1997, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, holding senior editorial positions at American Banker publications in both Washington and New York. Briefly, she was content chief for Internet Capital Group’s EFinancialWorld in New York and wrote freelance articles for Institutional Investor. Melanie holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University. She interned at The Baltimore Sun and its suburban edition.
