In a typical multi-strategy fund (“Multi-Strat”), a fund structure is established by an investment manager (the “Investment Manager”) that runs multiple investment strategy portfolios within it, oftentimes with different...more
10/30/2024
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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
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The Quinquennial Report of Foreign-Resident Holdings of U.S. Securities (“TIC Form SHL”) is a benchmark report used by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to...more
While the concept of a pass-through expense model is most often associated with multi-strategy alternative investment funds, this expense structure is beginning to gain wider traction among other managers as well, depending...more
On October 13, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new Rule 13f-2 (the “New Rule”) under Section 13(f)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as well as related Form SHO....more
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) opened the ISDA 2023 Equity Swap – 2021 Definitions Protocol (the “Equity Swap Protocol”) on October 30, 2023. The Equity Swap Protocol allows adhering parties to...more
This Memorandum is intended to remind you of certain U.S. annual requirements that may be applicable to your business and is divided into five sections. All investment advisers (whether or not registered with the Securities...more
1/5/2023
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July 6, 2022 While many alternative investment manager founders (“Founders”) opt to wind down their businesses over time, there is an increasing number who instead seek to pass the baton onto the next generation of talent at...more
In the wake of the coronavirus-induced lockdown and the realization that technology allows firms to operate virtually anywhere, many private fund managers have relocated their headquarters to other locations in order to take...more
On June 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) entered a settled order (“Order”) against three of The Charles Schwab Corporation’s investment adviser subsidiaries (collectively, “Schwab”) on charges that...more
6/21/2022
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