David W. Blass, currently Chief Counsel and Associate Director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, is scheduled to become the General Counsel of the Investment Company Institute next month. For insight from Blass, see “Do In-House Marketing Activities and Investment Banking Services Performed by Private Fund Managers Require Broker Registration?,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 16 (Apr. 18, 2013); “SEC’s David Blass Expands on the Analysis in Recent No-Action Letter Bearing on the Activities of Hedge Fund Marketers,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 7, No. 10 (Mar. 13, 2014).