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Latest SEC Document Request Lists: What Private Fund Managers Should be Worrying About

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

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: The Hedge Fund Platform Model with Crestline’s Caroline Cooley

In this episode, we’re joined by Caroline Cooley, managing partner and CIO for Crestline Summit Strategies. Caroline joined Crestline in 1998 and has since helped build the firm into a multi-strategy, multi-portfolio and...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Top Tips for Updating Your 2024 Compliance Program

Every year compliance officers face the unenviable job of performing their compliance program's annual review under Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-7). An essential element of that review is updating the firm's compliance policies...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Wins First “Shadow Trading” Trial

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On April 5, 2024, after an eight-day trial, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California returned a verdict for the Securities and Exchange Commission in its first “shadow trading” case after...more

K&L Gates LLP

The SEC's New Private Fund Adviser Rules: A Guide to Compliance (Updated)

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On 23 August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and rule amendments that will impose substantial regulation on the management and operation of private funds by investment advisers. The Guide to...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Private Funds Under Scrutiny with MFA’s Bryan Corbett

This week on Private Market Talks, we welcome Bryan Corbett, a veteran of both Washington and Wall Street. As president and CEO of the Managed Funds Association, Bryan sits at the forefront of regulatory policy issues...more

K&L Gates LLP

The SEC's New Private Fund Adviser Rules: A Guide to Compliance

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On 23 August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and rule amendments that will impose substantial regulation on the management and operation of private funds by investment advisers. The Guide to...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Private Funds Industry Sues SEC over New Private Fund Adviser Rule

On September 1, 2023, the Managed Funds Association and a group of private equity and hedge fund trade groups sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures – New and Updated Nature Reporting Recommendations Published

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The NY Climate Week conference took place during the week of 18 September 2023, bringing together international leaders from business and governments. During the conference the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial...more

Goodwin

How Much Must Managers ‘Deploy’ From an Existing Fund Before Starting a Successor?

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Fund documents usually stipulate a percentage (70% to 75%, in most cases), but the terms used in provisions can have a significant effect on what the percentage means in practice. Most fund managers operate multiple...more

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The SEC Significantly Expands the Scope of Form PF Reporting

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Introduction and Summary - On 3 May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Form PF (the Amendments), the confidential reporting form required to be filed by certain SEC-registered private...more

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Sustainable Finance In Luxembourg — What Managers Should Do Now

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Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of 27 November, 2019 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector, as amended by Regulation (EU) of 18 June, 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Emerging Private Fund Manager Guide for Raising Institutional Investor Capital

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Public and private pension plans, endowments, hedge funds and other institutional investors are investing trillions of dollars annually with alternative asset managers. Many of these fund managers are well-established with a...more

Dechert LLP

The 15(c) Process Continues to be a Focus of the SEC Enforcement Staff

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Two recent SEC Enforcement Division administrative settlements reinforce the importance for fund boards of directors and fund advisers to maintain a robust annual advisory contract renewal process....more

Troutman Pepper

Fund and Adviser Tax Issues

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Pepper partners Gregory J. Nowak and Steven D. Bortnick presented a webinar for West LegalEdCenter discussing issues that affect private funds and their managers. Over the hour program, Mr. Nowak and Mr. Bortnick covered a...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

SEC to Require Living Wills and Stress-Testing for Investment Advisers

In a speech on December 11, 2014, SEC Chair Mary Jo White announced three broad “proactive initiatives” to address the risks of “increasingly complex portfolio composition and operations” in the asset management industry. ...more

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