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Mutual Fund Minute

Mutual Fund Minute

By: Sidley Austin LLP
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Welcome to Sidley’s Mutual Fund Minute podcast. Join us for this series of short insights addressing issues of interest to fund directors, advisers, and other stakeholders. Each week Sidley Senior Counsel Jay Baris and guests discuss new trends, regulations, and developments and how they will affect you.

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  • SEC Staff Guidance: Can State-Chartered Trust Companies Custody Digital Assets?

    SEC Staff Guidance: Can State-Chartered Trust Companies Custody Digital Assets?
    Nov 18 2025

    Are state-chartered trust companies "banks" that can custody digital assets for investment advisers and funds? In this episode of Mutual Fund Minute, Sidley Investment Funds partner Chuck Daly and host Jay Baris examine SEC staff guidance interpreting the definition of a "bank" in the Investment Advisers Act and the Investment Company Act. Tune in to find out what the guidance means for registered advisers and investment companies that hold digital assets, and why it matters.
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    15 mins
  • What You Need to Know About ETF Share Classes

    What You Need to Know About ETF Share Classes
    Nov 12 2025

    In this episode of Mutual Fund Minute, Sidley Investment Funds partner Matthew Kutner joins host Jay Baris to tell you what you need to know about regulatory developments that will allow mutual funds to issue ETF share classes. Matt and Jay explore what ETF share classes are, how they work, potential risks for investment advisers and fund directors, how ETF share classes could transform fund investing, and more.
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    14 mins
  • Discussing Developments in the UK and EU’s Asset Management With Sidley’s Leonard Ng

    Discussing Developments in the UK and EU’s Asset Management With Sidley’s Leonard Ng
    Sep 2 2025

    In this episode of Mutual Fund Minute, Leonard Ng, head of the firm’s UK/EU Financial Services Regulatory group, joins host Jay Baris to discuss developments in asset management in the UK and EU. Jay and Leonard discuss how the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority hopes to make the UK more competitive with the EU in the post-Brexit environment.
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    25 mins
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