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Accredited Investors are a class of investors whose purchases are exempt from certain SEC registration requirements. Rule 501 of Regulation D lists eight categories of investors that qualify as accredited... more +
Accredited Investors are a class of investors whose purchases are exempt from certain SEC registration requirements. Rule 501 of Regulation D lists eight categories of investors that qualify as accredited investors.  less -
Carlton Fields

Everyday Investor Participation in Private Strategies: What Role for Investor Advocate in SEC Drama?

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The SEC is under pressure to increase direct or indirect participation by everyday “retail” investors (consisting primarily of those who do not qualify as “accredited investors” under SEC Regulation D) in certain investment...more

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SEC Staff Announces Reversal of Policy Limiting Retail Access to Registered Funds of Funds

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On August 15, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (the “Staff”) published a new Accounting and Disclosure Information (“ADI”) regarding registered closed-end funds of private funds (“CE-FOPFs”)....more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Lifts 15% Limit on Private-Asset Holdings for Registered Closed-End Funds that Invest in Private Funds

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Who may be interested: Registered Closed-End Funds, Registered Investment Advisers, Compliance Staff, Boards of Directors, Broker-Dealers, Private Fund Managers - Quick Take: The Securities and Exchange Commission (the...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Expanding Retail Investor Access to Private Funds: A Spider-Man Problem

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Private funds could be facing a Spider-Man problem. Let me explain. Because he was bitten by a radioactive spider, Spider-Man has superpowers. He can jump really high. He can shoot webs from his hands. When his...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

SEC’s New Guidance on General Solicitation Eases Accredited Investor Verification for Private Funds

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Last month, the SEC issued a No Action Letter interpreting Rule 506(c) that effectively provides a streamlined path for private fund sponsors to conduct an exempt general solicitation offering pursuant to Regulation D of the...more

Hogan Lovells

SEC staff releases guidance relaxing certain aspects of marketing and fundraising

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The Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) released new guidance on March 19, 2025 that replaces and relaxes prior guidance for registered investment advisers (RIAs) with...more

K&L Gates LLP

Rule 506(c) Unchained? The SEC Loosens Requirements for Advertising in Private Capital Raises

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On 12 March 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff issued a no-action letter that provides private fund sponsors with a concrete, streamlined approach to relying on Rule 506(c), based on minimum...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FAQs on the Latham Letter for Exempt Offerings with General Solicitation Under Rule 506(c)

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On March 12, 2025, Latham obtained SEC Staff guidance on the use of general solicitation in private placements. The guidance unlocks the full potential of Regulation D Rule 506(c) by clarifying that issuers may satisfy the...more

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Regulation D: An Ultimate Guide to Private Capital Raising

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For companies seeking to raise capital without the complexities and costs of a public offering, Regulation D under the Securities Act provides a valuable exemption from SEC registration. This allows for private placements,...more

Winstead PC

Trusts as Accredited Investors: Navigating Trusts and Private Market Investments

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Investments in private markets are rapidly becoming an essential part of a well-rounded investment portfolio, especially for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. According to Ernst & Young, the assets under...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Issues Report on its Review of the Accredited Investor Definition

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On December 14, 2023, the SEC published its review (“Review”) of the accredited investor definition. Section 413(b)(2)(A) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires the SEC to review the...more

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Family Affair – Introducing Family Office Life Annuity™ (aka FOLA™)

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Most of you know by now that I grew up in the Panama Canal Zone which no longer exists as of 1999. In that respect, the transition left me as a man without a country. My father (of blessed memory) when referring to kids...more

Akerman LLP

New Accredited Investor Definition Took Effect Tuesday

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On August 26, 2020 the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to expand the definition of “accredited investor” and “qualified institutional buyer”.  The amendments, published in the Federal...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Investment Management Update - November 2020

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Covering legal developments and regulatory news for funds, their advisers and industry participants through October of 2020. ...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

SEC Approves Changes to Accredited Investor Definition

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted changes to the definition of an accredited investor that could open up new possibilities for private capital investments, including those in family businesses. The...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Using Regulation D Rule 506(c) to Raise Capital

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Raising investment capital through private offerings has always been a challenge, especially for new and emerging investment managers. COVID-19 has exasperated this challenge by significantly limiting traditional means of...more

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Summer Enforcement Action Review; Raising Money in a Pandemic - Investment Management Roundtable Discussion

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In this podcast, Greg Nowak, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Investment Management and Compliance and Hedge Funds Practice Groups, is joined by Evan Katz, Managing Director of Crawford Ventures, Inc., for a candid review of...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Updates the Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer”

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Even in the financial market, words have meaning. Our Investment Management Team delves into how the Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded access to private markets – and the pool of potential investors – just by...more

Dickinson Wright

SEC Expands Accredited Investor Definition, Giving Impetus to Private Markets

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Summary: On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it has adopted amendments to the definition of accredited investor under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933 (the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] Cutting Through the COVID-19 Chaos: Strategies for Investing in Private Funds in Uncertain Times - June 25th, 1:00 pm -...

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Join a team of McDermott corporate partners for an interactive discussion on investor considerations and hurdles arising from the current investing landscape when making investments in private equity and hedge funds, such as:...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Personal Estate Planning

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Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Private Fund Services Practice Group, hosts a series of candid, interactive webinar discussions for West LegalEdcenter on what is going on...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Episode 20: The LLC's Two Worlds: A Conversation with Professor Peter Molk (Part Two)

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This episode features the second half of a conversation with Associate Professor Peter Molk who teaches business law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and who recently published in the U.C. Davis Law Review a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Proposes Update to Accredited Investor Definition that Would Make Private Markets Available to More Investors

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On December 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (Reg D) under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Proposes Expansion of the Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer”

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At the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) open meeting on December 18, 2019, the Commissioners approved proposed amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” under Regulation D under the United...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

SEC Votes to Propose Amendments to the Definition of an Accredited Investor

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 on Wednesday to propose amendments to its current definition of an “accredited investor.” The depression-era definition historically limited certain types of private...more

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