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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Key LP Investments Trends in 2024 and Beyond

C.S. Lewis once wrote, "Onwards and upwards! To Narnia and the North," and this seems to have been echoed by the private equity market in 2024 thus far. Except this time, it appears the destination is not Narnia but rather...more

Snell & Wilmer

SEC Division of Examinations Priorities for 2025: Examinations Will Prioritize New Rules for Form PF and Regulation S-P, Fiduciary...

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On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued its annual examination priorities for fiscal year 2025. As with its 2024 examination...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume IlI, September 2024

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Gone With the Wind? Closed-End Funds Risk Extinction - Shares of SEC-registered closed-end funds (CEFs) have long held significant potential advantages for some investors. For example, unlike shares of mutual funds...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual registrant regulatory roundup - October 2024

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Penalties for Off-Channel Communications: Still Blowing in the Wind

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The SEC has increased its enforcement efforts against firms that are registered as broker-dealers and/or investment advisers for alleged violations of federal securities laws involving “off-channel communications.” Such...more

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Gone With the Wind? Closed-End Funds Risk Extinction

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Shares of SEC-registered closed-end funds (CEFs) have long held significant potential advantages for some investors. For example, unlike shares of mutual funds (which are open-end funds), CEF shares cannot be redeemed by the...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Pacing Growth and Maintaining Discipline with Wellington Management’s Shanna O’Reilly

Welcome to Season 4 of Private Market Talks! In our newest episode, we are joined by Shanna O’Reilly, co-head of Private Investments at Wellington Management, one of the world’s largest investment managers. Shanna helped...more

White & Case LLP

Other Financial Services - UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024

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Asset / Wealth Management - Current market: Consistently high M&A activity levels - We are seeing: Europe’s barbell becomes more pronounced—larger asset / wealth managers swallow smaller competitors at pace: -...more

Mayer Brown

Preparing for a buy-in: selling illiquid investments

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In the latest of our quarterly webinars, we looked at selling illiquid investments in preparation for a buy-in, including...more

Alston & Bird

CFTC Amends Regulation 4.7, Increasing Dollar Threshold for QEP Qualification and Codifying Monthly Reporting Option for Funds of...

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Our Investment Funds Group examines how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has amended Regulation 4.7 to increase investor suitability standards and provide additional flexibility for funds-of-funds reporting....more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Nine Advisers Face $1.24 Million Fallout from SEC’s Marketing Rule Sweep

September 30 is the SEC’s fiscal year-end, so it's no surprise to see an uptick in enforcement cases this month. The latest slew of settlements involved violations of the Marketing Rule (Advisers Act Rule 204(4)-1) for...more

Mintz Edge

VC Funds Warehousing Investments: Traps for the Unwary

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One of the challenges facing venture capital firms is how to handle investments in portfolio companies prior to the initial close (“Initial Close”) of a new fund (“New Fund”). Typically, the investment advisor (“VC Advisor”),...more

IR Global

Diversification Empowers Succession Strategies

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For most business owners, their business is their baby. They have invested their time, money, and efforts into building something tangible they can be proud of. They know their business inside out and can count on a steady...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (45): The Regulation and Exemptions are Stayed (5)—What Remains?

The stay of the effective dates of the amended fiduciary regulation and amended exemptions means that the “old” fiduciary regulation (the 5-part test) and the amended exemptions continue in effect indefinitely. As a result,...more

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Federal Court Bars Missouri's Anti-ESG Investment Rules

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Yesterday, Judge Bough (W.D. Mo.) issued a decision barring the recent anti-ESG rules Missouri had promulgated that prohibited investment advisers from utilizing ESG factors when making investment decisions (absent written...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Tax Round Up - July 2024

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Welcome to the July edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month features a call for evidence from the government on potential changes to the tax on carried interest and interesting decisions on the application of the carried...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (40): Rollovers and the Insurance License Issue

The Department of Labor’s final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors will be effective this September 23. Where a fiduciary recommendation results in additional compensation for...more

Morgan Lewis

Family Offices Investing in Impact

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Family offices are increasingly seeking to use their assets to achieve financial returns and build a legacy that aligns with their deeply held values. Traditional approaches to philanthropy have been used for generations by...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Fifth Circuit Puts the Brakes on SEC’s Private Fund Rules: What’s Next For Private Fund Advisers

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In a continuation of recent court decisions overturning the rulemaking authority of federal agencies, a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Chevron and Carry On July 2024 - Investec’s Secondaries Report 2024 Out Now

Investec’s latest Secondaries Report, Charting a course for further growth is out now. It’s packed with the latest insights on the secondaries market and explores the exceptional performance over the last year, despite deep...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

SEC Moves Closer to Regulating the Use of AI by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held an open meeting of its Investment Advisory Committee on June 6, 2024, which featured a panel to review the use of artificial intelligence in investment decision making....more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

What Advisers Need to Know Now About Giving Rollover Advice after September 23, 2024

This article was originally published on Kitces.com, on May 15, 2024, and is available at at DoL’s Retirement Security Rule & PTE 2020-02 Amendment: What Advisers Need to Know Now about Giving Rollover Advice After September...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

5th Circuit Strikes Down SEC Private Fund Rules. Now What?

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The long-awaited SEC private fund rules were put on ice by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today when the appellate court struck down the rules and the significant compliance, disclosure, and reporting changes that...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (35): The Education Exception

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors is effective on September 23, 2024. The related exemptions—PTE 2020-02 and 84-24—are partially effective...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Excessive Fees or Incessant Litigation – Time for Legislative and Employer Action on Retirement Plans!

Commonly referred to as "excessive fee" litigation, class actions that allege retirement plan investments charge too much and earn too little have increased over the past two decades. Excessive fee cases are difficult to...more

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