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Some private fund managers in California face potentially dire consequences if they fail to properly register with the state and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Failing to adhere to relevant securities laws...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Registered Investment Advisers; Compliance Officers - Quick Take: The SEC announced a two-year extension to the effective and compliance dates for rule amendments...more
El 28 de febrero de 2025, la Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF) emitió la Norma de Carácter General N°532 (NCG 532), que crea el Manual de Sistemas de Información de Fondos y establece la forma, periodicidad y medio a...more
On February 28, 2025, Chile’s Financial Market Commission (CMF, for its Spanish translation) issued General Rule No. 532 (NCG 532), which creates a Fund Information Systems Manual and establishes the form, frequency, and...more
For most investment advisers, March signals the beginning of Form ADV season, where compliance officers gather all kinds of firm data to update a document fraught with potential regulatory liability. For the uninitiated, Form...more
In our last legal alert, we discussed developers using private placements to raise private equity capital as a proactive response to the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) market....more
On February 8, 2024, the SEC adopted its third set of amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds. The amendments specifically affect Sections 1 and 2...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have extended the compliance deadline for the amendments to Form PF, moving it from March 12, 2025 to June 12, 2025....more
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top On December 20, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it settled charges issued against one registered investment adviser and two...more
Dorsey’s 2025 Private Funds Compliance Calendar addresses certain key regulatory obligations that apply to private funds and private fund advisers....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rule and form amendments that will require institutional investment managers who file Form 13F to use Form N-PX to report how they voted proxies on executive compensation (or...more
Brief Overview - On 8 February 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly adopted amendments to Form PF (the Amendments), the confidential reporting form...more
Introduction - On 6 February 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt two new rules that significantly expand the definitions of a “dealer” and “government securities dealer” in Sections...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), a set of new regulations being implemented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), requires entities newly formed or registered to do business in the United States...more
On May 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new rule that will require hedge fund advisers and private equity advisers to disclose more information to regulators on Form PF about their stability risks and...more
On May 5, 2023, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission filed its first enforcement complaint under Rule 22e-4 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, 17 C.F.R. § 270.22e-4 (the Liquidity Rule). The complaint was brought...more
In a Risk Alert issued on 26 April 2022 (the Risk Alert), the staff of the Division of Examinations (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) described notable deficiencies relating to investment advisers’...more
On February 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed far-reaching new rules and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Advisers Act). The rules and amendments would...more
On December 3, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted to adopt new Rule 2a-5 (the “Fair Value Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), which addresses the valuation...more
On October 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 18f-4 (the “Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and amended related rules designed to provide a modernized,...more
In an Order dated March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission extended the exemptions offered to investment companies, business development companies (BDCs) and investment advisers grappling with challenges to the...more
Editor's Overview - This month’s newsletter features an article on the DOL’s recently published interim final rule that increases penalties for notice and disclosure violations, which generally became effective on...more
Registered investment advisers (RIAs) are required to review their policies and procedures on at least an annual basis. As an aid to the required review and to assist with timely completion of required compliance tasks, below...more
On May 20, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed rules, forms and amendments under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and related regulations (together, the “Proposed Amendments”) that...more
At an open meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission today, Chair Mary Jo White announced to enhance SEC reporting by investment companies and investment advisers. Data collection. The SEC proposed rules that...more