FUNDamentals is a periodic digest of news and information specifically for private funds and their managers. In this issue, we highlight some fundraising trends, new marketing rule FAQs, fund liquidity trends (limited...more
6/17/2025
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Financial Markets ,
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Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trump Administration
“The most recent development in the registered investment funds space has been the long-awaited movement toward the SEC granting dual share class ETF exemptive relief. This will be a significant catalyst for growth in...more
5/13/2025
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
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Tariffs
On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) released its examination priorities for 2025 (the “2025 SEC Examination Priorities”). The Division will...more
On August 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) that amends the definition of “financial institution” under the Bank Secrecy Act...more
On June 5th, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Court”) vacated the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) private fund advisers rules (the "Rules"), which would have imposed...more
On May 13, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management (“SEC”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a joint proposal...more
On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) proposed a new rule that would require federal investment advisers to add Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) type anti-money...more
On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted (via 3-2 vote of the Commissioners) a package of five key new rules and amendments (Final Rules) to existing rules under the Investment Advisers...more
On December 9th, the UK Government, as part of the Edinburgh Reforms, announced a number of reforms to the UK capital markets landscape. Many of the changes reflect existing post-Brexit governmental findings, following...more
On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (the “Division”) issued its annual examination priorities for 2022. The Division will prioritize five significant focus areas...more
Businesses are doing their best to carry on essential operations while simultaneously addressing all the new concerns the COVID-19 pandemic raises. Investment funds are no different; in addition to seeing to their own...more
This is Part II of Locke Lord’s two-part series on Secondary Transactions. Part I discussed traditional Investor-led Secondary Transactions. This Part II discusses the increasingly dynamic area of Manager-led Secondary...more
In April 2018, Coller Capital and Goldman Sachs Asset Management paid $2.9 billion to buy out existing limited partners in a fund raised by Nordic Capital in 2008. In the months following the Nordic Capital deal, it has been...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act added the Opportunity Zones concept as Section 1400Z to the Internal Revenue Code, which is designed to incentivize private investment in low income areas. That section of the Code allows the...more
On February 2, 2016, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a Federal Register Call Notice (2016 Call Notice) inviting fund managers to submit preliminary materials in the form of the Management Assessment...more
Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) investment advisers will now have reduced registration requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act), thanks to the recently enacted SBIC Advisers Relief Act....more
Registered investment advisers should periodically assess their cybersecurity vulnerabilities, create strategies to respond, and make sure they are making the strategies work. ...more
On February 3rd, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the Securities and Exchange Commission released a summary of its cybersecurity findings during sweep reviews in 2014. ...more