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Proskauer Rose LLP

New Tariffs, Old Issues: Post-Liberation Day Advisers Act Considerations for Private Fund Managers

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Markets remain exceptionally volatile following the announcement of the U.S. “Liberation Day” tariffs and retaliatory measures from other countries. While the ultimate path of policy remains uncertain, recent developments are...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

SEC Overreach: Insurers Underwrite?

Implications of SEC attempt to curb indemnification for private fund managers - The SEC spent 2022 making multiple and sweeping proposals to amend rules under the Advisers Act, many of which have the ability to...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Five Principles For Accurate and Reliable Portfolio Company Valuations

We have seen the SEC increase its focus on valuation of privately-held portfolio companies recently. The SEC’s increased focus is in line with our prediction made in the Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Proposed Senate Bill Would Significantly Impact Certain Private Funds and Their Affiliates

Recently, a group of Congress members introduced into Congress Senate Bill 2155 named the Stop Wall Street Looting Act of 2019. Although unlikely to be enacted into law as drafted, this proposed legislation would directly and...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Additional Regulatory Hurdles for Private Equity Advisers

The private equity industry should carefully consider the implications of a recent Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") enforcement action. In it, the SEC, for the first time, sanctioned an SEC-registered private equity...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Fines Private Equity Adviser for Failing to Register as a Broker-Dealer

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The action may have significant implications for PE advisers performing brokerage services; highlights SEC’s focus on advisers receiving transaction-based compensation. On June 1, 2016, the Securities and Exchange...more

Cozen O'Connor

SEC Settles with Private Equity Fund Adviser Charged with Acting as an Unregistered Broker

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A recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement order highlights the importance that the SEC has placed on the issue of broker-dealer registration for the private equity industry. On June 1, 2016, the SEC...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"SEC Charges Private Equity Fund Adviser as an Unregistered Broker"

On June 1, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") accepted a settlement offer from a registered investment adviser of private equity funds, and its founder, principal and managing member. The settlement...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Lessons From SEC Sanctions Against Blackstreet

On June 1, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an administrative order sanctioning Blackstreet Capital Management LLC and Blackstreet’s managing member and principal owner, Murry N. Gunty, for acting as...more

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