California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Senate Bill 54, which aims to increase diversity among founders that are backed by venture capital (VC) companies. If implemented in its current version, SB 54 will likely...more
Rima Hadid, General Counsel for the Emirates Investment Authority, has more than two decades of in-house experience, most notably at two key sovereign wealth funds. Rima moved to Bahrain from Australia in 2003 and has built a...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted sweeping new rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) that apply in certain circumstances to non-US advisers to private investment funds....more
Several US regulatory agencies have proposed or enacted new rules in 2023 aimed at making the investment process more transparent. Many of those changes, including amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by the US...more
On August 23, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt new and amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Advisers Act) that will impose additional requirements on...more
The widespread economic disruption precipitated by the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic and oil price volatility has caused debt portfolios to come under scrutiny and fund sponsors and investors to consider...more
The spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to impact global financial markets and private funds. Institutional investors, funds-of-funds, family offices, and other investors in private funds should consider the...more