MANAGED FUNDS ASSOCIATION for MANAGED FUNDS ASSOCIATION
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN
Legislative oversight of implementation of Titles I, II, IV, VII, and IX of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Legislative oversight of implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012. Regulation and oversight of investment advisers. Financial services regulatory reform in non-U.S. jurisdictions. Equity market structure issues including electronic trading and algorithmic trading. Capital formation legislation. Self Regulatory Organization (SRO) governance. Hart-Scott-Rodino modernization. H.R. 10 - To create hope and opportunity for investors, consumers, and entrepreneurs by ending bailouts and Too Big to Fail, holding Washington and Wall Street accountable, eliminating red tape to increase access to capital and credit, and repealing the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that make America less prosperous, less stable, and less free, and for other purposes. (Protection for sensitive and proprietary data.) H.R. 3948 - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from compelling a person to produce or furnish algorithmic trading source code or similar intellectual property to the Commission unless the Commission first issues a subpoena, and for other purposes. H.R. 4659 - To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives. S. 3682 - To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivatives. S. 2155 - To promote economic growth, provide tailored regulatory relief, and enhance consumer protections, and for other purposes. S. 1744 - To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend certain regulations, and for other purposes. (Provisions concerning short sale disclosure.) S. 3733 - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from compelling a person to produce or furnish algorithmic trading source code or similar intellectual property to the Commission unless the Commission first issues a subpoena, and for other purposes.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BENJAMIN ALLENSWORTH | — |
| RICHARD H BAKER | — |
| LOUIS A COSTANTINO | — |
| DAVID M LANDERS | — |
| SARAH MORGAN | — |
| SARA ANNE VARGO | — |
Agriculture AGR
Legislative oversight of implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Commodities and derivatives regulatory reform in non-U.S. jurisdictions. Commodities and derivatives regulatory reform issues, including: -Protection of customer collateral; -Oversight of commodity pool operators; -Protections for sensitive and proprietary data; -Position limits; -International coordination; -CFTC/SEC coordination of CTA, CPO oversight and data collection. Legislation to align exemptions for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools similar to the exemption provided for general solicitation of securities under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. H.R. 238 - To reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes. S. 3732 - To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from compelling a person to produce or furnish algorithmic trading source code or similar intellectual property to that agency unless the agency first issues a subpoena.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BENJAMIN ALLENSWORTH | — |
| RICHARD H BAKER | — |
| LOUIS A COSTANTINO | — |
| DAVID M LANDERS | — |
| SARAH MORGAN | — |
| SARA ANNE VARGO | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Legislative oversight of implementation of H.R. 1 - The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. H.R. 1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 - Division U (Technical corrections to partnership audit provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.) Carried Interest/Enterprise Value. International tax reform. Taxation of pass-through entities. Taxation of financial products. Limitations on deductions. 864(b) of the Internal Revenue Code - safe harbor for investment in U.S. securities and other assets by non-U.S. investors Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) Section 451(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. Legislative oversight of implementation of rules under 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BENJAMIN ALLENSWORTH | — |
| RICHARD H BAKER | — |
| LOUIS A COSTANTINO | — |
| DAVID M LANDERS | — |
| SARAH MORGAN | — |
| SARA ANNE VARGO | — |
Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.