Proskauer’s Practical Guide to the Regulation of Hedge Fund Trading Activities offers a concise, easy-to-read overview of the trading issues and questions we commonly encounter when advising hedge funds and their managers. It...more
Proskauer’s Hedge Fund Trading Guide offers a concise, easy-to-read overview of the trading issues and questions we commonly encounter when advising hedge funds and their managers. It is written not only for lawyers, but also...more
4/12/2024
/ Big-Boy Letters ,
Breach of Duty ,
Debt ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Investors ,
Materiality ,
Misappropriation ,
MNPI ,
Non-Public Information ,
Pecuniary Losses ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Third-Party ,
Web Scraping ,
White Collar Crimes
Proskauer’s Hedge Fund Trading Guide offers a concise, easy-to-read overview of the trading issues and questions we commonly encounter when advising hedge funds and their managers. It is written not only for lawyers, but also...more
The SEC’s recent enforcement settlement involving a fund manager highlights the SEC’s focus on an investor’s “control purpose” triggering the requirement to file on a Schedule 13D as opposed to a short-form 13G. At issue was...more
3/8/2024
/ Enforcement ,
Fund Managers ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investors ,
Passive Investments ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Schedule 13D ,
Schedule 13G ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Settlement ,
Swap Agreements
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The adopting release...more
10/20/2023
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Hedge Funds ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
Investors ,
New Amendments ,
Private Funds ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Schedule 13D ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Security-Based Swaps
If adopted, the proposals will likely impact market practices -
In a trinity of proposing releases rolled out in less than three months, the SEC has comprehensively proposed to regulate the use of derivatives and short...more
4/15/2022
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Derivatives ,
Family Offices ,
Financial Markets ,
Hedge Funds ,
Private Funds ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Short Sales ,
Swaps
The filing requirements and liability provisions under Sections 13(d) and 16 of the Exchange Act continue to challenge hedge funds, due to sometimes opaque law and complex trading patterns. Although the requirements under...more
1/22/2019
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Board of Directors ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Schedule 13D ,
Section 16 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Voting Powers