News & Analysis as of August 18, 2025

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

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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 +

Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors

Seward & Kissel LLP on 8/13/2025

On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors,” which instructs the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Checklist for Non-U.S. Fund Managers Making a Private Fund Offering in the U.S.

King & Spalding on 7/6/2022

The United States represents a large source of potential capitalthat non-U.S. fund managers often find impossible to ignore. To assist non-U.S. fund managers, we have prepared a checklist that sets out key considerations for...more

2020 and Q1 2021 Developments And Annual Compliance Checklists

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 4/1/2021

Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to: •The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2021- •The SEC’s Focus on Digital Asset Securities- •The SEC’s New Marketing Rule... ...more

SEC Amends “Accredited Investor” Definition

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/28/2020

On August 26, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments expanding the definition of “accredited investor” to allow additional categories of investors to invest in unregistered private offerings. The...more

2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/16/2016

This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

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