SEC Staff published new guidance providing private fund managers and other investment advisers with flexibility to use extracted performance and portfolio/investment characteristics in marketing materials, without cumbersome...more
In an unusual move, on July 26, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stayed an order that was previously issued by its own Division of Trading and Markets just one week earlier on July 19, 2024. That order...more
Family offices are increasingly seeking to use their assets to achieve financial returns and build a legacy that aligns with their deeply held values. Traditional approaches to philanthropy have been used for generations by...more
In a unanimous decision published on June 5, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the entire set of regulations, including amendments to existing rules (collectively, the Rules), adopted by the US...more
Earlier this year, the US Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury’s) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (the Proposal) that would subject investment advisers to anti-money...more
On February 8, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC and, together with the SEC, the Commissions) voted to adopt amendments to Form PF1 that will impact the...more
Although family offices have long been exempt from many of the more onerous regulations and reporting requirements governing US investment advisors and asset managers, recent amendments to federal rules will impact how family...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
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 US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed on July 26, 2023 new rules designed to address conflicts of interest from the use of predictive data analytics in “investor interactions” by broker-dealers and...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently implemented amendments to Form PF for large liquidity fund advisers, which will take effect June 11, 2024....more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 3, 2023 voted 3-2 to adopt amendments to Form PF that will impact the required reporting for certain SEC-registered investment advisers in the private fund industry (the...more