On Wednesday, March 20, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose rule amendments to implement certain provisions of the Small Business Credit Availability Act and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and...more
On February 19, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a proposal to expand the “testing-the-waters” exemption to all issuers. Currently the exemption is limited to emerging growth companies (EGCs)....more
2/25/2019
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On December 3, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) entered an order (the Order) to settle charges arising out of an enforcement action against Fifth Street Management, LLC (FSM). FSM disclosed in March 2016...more
Section 19(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) generally prohibits a business development company (BDC) or a registered investment company from making a distribution from any source other than its net...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted final rules to eliminate “redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded” disclosure requirements in light of other SEC disclosure requirements and US...more
Private business development companies (BDCs) do not have publicly traded shares. For investors in these vehicles, liquidity opportunities take a number of forms....more
On March 23, 2018, Congress passed its omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, to fund the federal government until October. Included within the spending bill is legislation, titled the Small...more
As discussed in Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP’s Quick Call: Legislative and Tax Reforms – What This Could Mean for Business Development Companies, Congress is currently negotiating a tax reform package that, if passed,...more
In April 2017, the full text of an updated version of the CHOICE Act (CHOICE 2.0) was released followed by a hearing on its contents. On June 8, 2017, the House Financial Services Committee released the draft of CHOICE 2.0, a...more
On May 2, 2017, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a notice (the May 2 Notice), delaying the effective date of the final rule of the Passive Business Rule (the New Rule) under § 107.720 of the small business...more
On December 28, 2016, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released the final version of the Passive Business Rule (the New Rule) under § 107.720 of the small business investment company (SBIC) regulations. Among other...more
In response to requests for comment from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP recently submitted comment letters on two SEC rulemaking projects pertinent to business development...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management (the Division) just published guidance that will permit business development companies (BDCs) to co-invest with certain persons considered...more
On December 10, 2013, the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
1/10/2014
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