Treasury Postpones Effective Date of Investment Adviser AML Rule; Signals Broader Reassessment of Regulatory Framework

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced today its intent to postpone the effective date of its final rule imposing anti-money laundering (“AML”) and countering the financing of terrorism (“CFT”) requirements on investment advisers (the “IA AML Rule”).