Financial Planning Tips for the Sandwich Generation with Sherry Finkel Murphy
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Your Digital Legacy
[Podcast] Unlocking the Potential of Alternative Markets with HighVista Strategies’ Raphi Schorr
Family Owned Real Estate: Managing Lack of Planning in Family Business Transitions
Family Owned Real Estate: Impacts of the Current Real Estate Market on Transition Planning
Family Owned Real Estate: Avoiding Pitfalls When Transitioning Family Real Estate
Family Owned Real Estate: Common Real Estate & Asset Management Issues
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John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Family Owned Real Estate: Legal Challenges & Opportunities
Once Removed Episode 24: Expressing Goals and Intent for the Trust
Once Removed Episode 23: Naming Guardians for Minor Children
Once Removed Episode 20: Helping a Beneficiary Purchase a Home
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Influencers
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 6 - Reshaping Your Legacy: Estate Planning After Your Divorce
Unraveling the Crypto Code: California's New DFAL Explained – The Crypto Exchange Podcast
A Primer On Trusts - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Exploring DAOs
Current Landscape of Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
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A majority of private fund managers set the clawback limit at 25%, but they calculate the clawback differently depending on fund type. Limited partner (LP) clawback provisions enable fund managers to call back previously...more
Key Points - - Under Hong Kong’s liberal regulations, several dozen asset managers have been licensed to manage virtual asset funds. - A number of index funds, tied to individual cryptocurrencies and baskets, have also...more
The use of Guernsey umbrella structures for both regulated and unregulated investment structures has seen a notable rise over the past 18 months. Where these structures have typically been used for larger, master fund/...more
Japanese regulators have been significantly amending the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA), similar to other jurisdictions seeking to innovate and relax regulatory requirements in order to help spur economic...more
A number of responses to the Consultation and Call for Input: Future regulation of alternative fund managers published by HM Treasury and the FCA on 7 April have been recently published. These reveal a diversity of views...more
A recent circular issued by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has created a pathway to listing closed-ended alternative asset funds in Hong Kong, generating interest among both local private market...more
Mayer Brown’s UK Regulatory Update is a quarterly newsletter for the asset management sector. In this edition, covering Q1 2025, we look at consultations relating to the UK AIFMD framework, reporting and notification...more
Interval funds and tender offer funds – closed-end funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) – are gaining appeal among alternative and private fund managers seeking to access the retail and...more
Last month the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out its final rules related to the application of investment research payment optionality to fund managers. This move follows its consultation paper late last year which...more
Our State & Local Tax Team breaks down proposals from both California and San Francisco that would use investors’ location to decide whether to tax out-of-state asset managers....more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published its final Policy Statement on Investment research payment optionality for fund managers (PS25/4) (see here for our note on PS25/4’s preceding Consultation Paper). The...more
The UK government’s April launch of a consultation, along with a related call for input by the FCA, paves the way for further material divergence between the EU and UK models for the regulation of managers of alternative...more
The increase in the use of fund finance by private equity is carrying over into the infrastructure fund space, with managers using net asset value and back-leverage facilities to unlock liquidity for investors and portfolio...more
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, and the private markets industry has certainly responded to a period of intense fundraising turbulence with creativity and ingenuity. Capital raised for traditional co-mingled...more
Looking to establish an investment management firm in the Channel Islands? This guide, the second in our series, sets out the key steps and considerations for setting up your business in Jersey - a world-class financial...more
In a statement on 21 March 2024, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority advised providers of sustainable investment products to ensure that their internal processes comply with sustainable investment requirements. It...more
Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the Cayman Islands, including the further changes to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, recent regulatory publications, CIMA annual...more
A challenging fundraising environment, the rise in M&A activity and the capital requirements necessary to bridge funding gaps are key developments which have led fund managers to increase their offering of co-investment...more
On 7 April 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) published a consultation (Consultation) on the reform of the UK regulatory regime for alternative investment funds (AIFs) and their managers, alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs[CM1]...more
On 7 April 2025, HM Treasury published a consultation to overhaul the UK Alternative Investment Fund Managers regime. That same day, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a call for input outlining its intended...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the full details of its proposal to fine and ban the fund manager, Crispin Odey, for lacking integrity. But the FCA’s proposed action against Mr Odey does not rely on his...more
Managers are often able to secure more-flexible recycling provisions, enabling them to reinvest a wider range of proceeds, often within an overall cap on amounts....more
Our Global Fund Finance practice recently sponsored and attended the 2025 Global Fund Finance Symposium. Hosted annually by the Fund Finance Association, these conferences bring together key players in the fund finance...more
This article is the second of a three-part series discussing trusts in the context of certain common investor thresholds for investment in private securities. This article will examine trusts as “qualified clients” under the...more
On 26 February 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a portfolio letter (Letter) explaining its supervision priorities for the asset management and alternatives portfolios....more