Investment Funds, Investment, Regulatory Oversight

Everyday Investor Participation in Private Strategies: What Role for Investor Advocate in SEC Drama?

Carlton Fields on 8/26/2025

The SEC is under pressure to increase direct or indirect participation by everyday “retail” investors (consisting primarily of those who do not qualify as “accredited investors” under SEC Regulation D) in certain investment...more

Going solo: Guernsey structures for single investor or single asset mandates

Walkers on 7/16/2025

Guernsey has established itself as a sophisticated, stable jurisdiction for the structuring of alternative investment funds and bespoke vehicles. Among its suite of offerings, Guernsey permits the formation of unregulated...more

Reflections on Initial SEC Policy Changes Early in the Atkins Era

Secretariat on 7/10/2025

Since Paul Atkins became Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 21, 2025, the SEC has announced significant pivots in its approaches to enforcement, regulatory guidance, investment adviser...more

The Benefits of Investing in a QOF

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/21/2021

Since coming into effect in January 2018, Subchapter Z of the US Tax Code—also known as the opportunity zone provisions—has enabled investors to pour billions of dollars into a broad array of businesses, from real estate...more

SEC Cyber Unit Increases Efforts to Regulate Crypto-Currency

Nossaman LLP on 1/10/2018

Based on how 2017 ended, entities and individuals in the crypto-currency markets should expect increased scrutiny from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in 2018. The SEC’s Cyber Unit commenced its...more

SEC Investor Advisory Committee Discusses Blockchain’s Effect on Markets

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 12/5/2017

The effect of Bitcoin on securities markets and enhanced measures related to retail investors were the focus at the October meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee (Committee)....more