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This is a special episode that we recorded live at Proskauer’s flagship Private Credit Summit, part of its private capital event series. More than 200 capital allocators, lenders and investors joined us for an afternoon of...more
The amendments to the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ("AIFMD II") were published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 26 March 2024, and came into force on 15 April 2024. As part of our Great...more
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
Welcome to IMpact: Investment Management News. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers share their insights on key developments that are impacting the investment management industry....more
Alan Harter is the founder and CEO of Pactolus, a platform dedicated to knowledge-sharing and bespoke solutions tailored for discerning entrepreneurs and their high-net-worth families. Founded in 2011, Pactolus is dedicated...more
The 2023 Seward & Kissel Established Manager Hedge Fund Study (the “Study”) focuses on those Seward & Kissel investment manager clients that have been in business for at least 5 years and manage greater than $1 billion in...more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 28 August, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to reporting forms for registered investment companies (funds) that will (1) require funds to file monthly (rather than...more
On July 30, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would expand the FDIC’s role under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 (CBCA). The NPR seeks, in part, to...more
The Alabama Securities Commission recently issued an Order exempting Alabama based investment advisers to “private funds” from the requirement to register as investment advisers with the ASC....more
Executive Summary - Last month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors (FDIC Board) proposed an amendment to its regulations under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 (CBCA). Driven by the...more
Many private fund managers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Fifth Circuit struck down the Private Fund Rules (check out our blog post for more information). Do not, however, assume the SEC will stop its aggressive...more
In this week’s U.S.-focused edition, we look at the world’s largest asset manager’s updated voting guidelines which seek to strike a balance amidst the fraught political rhetoric surrounding sustainable investment. The...more
INTRODUCTION - Asset managers (i.e., investment advisers) offering funds in more than one country are accustomed to adapting to different regulatory requirements. However, the challenges presented by the global regulation...more
Our Investment Funds Group reviews the implications of a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) policy targeting chief compliance officers (CCOs) as individuals if their companies’ compliance programs fail....more
On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more
Issues affecting all schemes - General Election – impact on pensions - The General Election resulted in a landslide victory for the Labour Party. While no pensions-related announcements have been made since the election by...more
Private Fund Rules Cancelled, Survey Says Marketing Rule is a Lot of Work and the Intersection of Regulation BI and Investment Adviser’s Fiduciary Duty - Welcome to our June Regulatory Roundup, where we provide you with a...more
The DOL recently finalized amendments to the QPAM exemption that will considerably alter the exemption’s conditions effective as of June 17, 2024 (for a detailed summary of the changes, please see our post here). There are a...more
Asset managers who invest in crypto assets are expanding their footprint as managers of capital for investors. Investors are increasingly seeking out asset managers that have expertise in crypto assets. Likewise, crypto asset...more
Speaking at the recent conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management hosted by the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, the Director the Division of Investment Management Natasha Vij Greiner cited a number of...more
Over the last decade, there has been a remarkable growth in European venture capital fundraising, underlining investors’ increasing appetite for innovation and entrepreneurial investments in Europe. While we are witnessing a...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has amended the qualified professional asset manager (“QPAM”) class prohibited transaction exemption 84-14 (“QPAM Exemption”), effective as of June 17, 2024 (“QPAM Amendment”)....more
As the SEC has issued a number of final or proposed rules affecting broadly the conduct of broker dealers and investment advisers in the past few years, I have received a lot of questions about new compliance concerns....more
Since 3 January 2018, firms that provide portfolio management or investment advice on an independent basis must pay for the research they obtain, either by absorbing the cost of the research themselves or by passing on that...more