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SEC Eliminates Longstanding Limits on Registered Closed-End Funds Providing Retail Investors with Increased Access to Private...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) staff recently announced that the Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) will no longer require registered closed-end funds that invest in private funds...more

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

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

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SEC Issues New Guidance for Registered Closed-End Funds Investing in Private Funds

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As previously described in a May Ropes & Gray Alert, the SEC staff no longer requires retail closed-end funds to limit their investments in private funds – i.e., funds relying upon Sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Rescinds Staff Position Limiting Registered Closed-End Funds’ Investments in Private Funds

On August 15, 2025, the Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published Accounting and Disclosure Information 2025-16 (ADI), providing updated guidance for...more

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2024

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments from the fourth quarter of 2023 impacting the investment management sector, including the use of shareholder rights plans as an alternative to state control share statutes....more

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What’s in a Name? SEC Proposes Amendment to Names Rule for Investment Companies

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On May 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced proposed amendments (the “Proposal”) to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Names Rule”), aimed at modernizing the Names Rule...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: SEC Proposes Modified Disclosure Framework For Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more

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SEC Extends Securities Offering Reforms to Closed-End Funds and Business Development Companies

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On April 8, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), adopted amendments that would allow business development companies (BDCs) and registered closed-end funds (CEFs), to use the securities offering rules that are...more

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COVID-19 ALERT: Special Considerations for Registered Closed-End Funds

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This Alert focuses on special considerations for closed-end funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the ‘1940 Act’), arising from COVID-19 (coronavirus) and related regulatory relief of interest...more

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Investment Management Update - September 2019

In this issue, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from May to September 2019 impacting the investment management sector, including SEC action on standards of conduct for broker-dealers and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes Securities Offering Reforms for Business Development Companies and Registered Closed-End Investment Companies

On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose a series of rule and form amendments, as directed by Congress under the Small Business Credit Availability Act (SBCA) and the Economic Growth,...more

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