As we have discussed in earlier Client Alerts, on August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new and amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act), to...more
12/7/2023
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On September 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced enforcement actions against five investment advisers for violating Rule 206(4)-2 (the Custody Rule) and Rule 204-1(a) (the ADV Reporting Rule) of the...more
10/19/2023
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On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the enactment of a series of new and amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act). We refer to these...more
8/30/2023
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On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Form PF, the confidential form by which certain SEC-registered investment advisers report information pertaining to the private funds...more
5/11/2023
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On September 29, 2022, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule implementing the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements...more
4/6/2023
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The proposed rules would:
•Accelerate certain filing deadlines for Schedules 13D and 13G-
•Expand the definition of “beneficial ownership” to capture cash-settled derivatives-
•Alter the circumstances under which two...more
Lowenstein Sandler’s Investment Management Group is pleased to provide you with (i) background information on the purpose and applicability of Form SHC (“Form SHC”); (ii) a summary of its contents; (iii) considerations for...more
1/26/2022
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On July 10, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed to raise the Form 13F reporting threshold for institutional investment managers from $100 million to $3.5 billion (the Proposal). Currently, investment...more