Conversation with Former SEC Chief Economist Dr. Jessica Wachter on Investment Management Rulemaking at the Commission – PE Pathways
Investing Charity and Foundation Assets in Turbulent Times With Jennifer Nelson
The Preferred Return Podcast | Balancing Act: Strategies for GPs and LPs in Today's Market
Exploring the Administration's Regulatory Impact on Private Equity — PE Pathways Podcast
Maximizing Financial Growth: Insights on HSAs and Smart Investment Strategies with Shaun Eddy
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Your Digital Legacy
[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Unlocking the Potential of Alternative Markets with HighVista Strategies’ Raphi Schorr
[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Scoping Out Secondaries with Portfolio Advisors' Liz Campbell
The Preferred Return Podcast | AIFMD II – Implementation Begins
The Preferred Return Podcast | Spin-outs and New Fund Sponsors
AdvisorEsq Podcast Series - Episode 8 - Executive Insights: Succeeding as a COO at an RIA Firm
Nonprofit Basics: Unpacking Prudent Investments, PRIs and MRIs
Fintech Focus Podcast | Are Regulators Dictating Fintech Deal Terms?
A 2024 Economic Outlook - Troutman Pepper Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - New Federal Rule Aims to Hold Investment Advisors to a Higher Standard
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Enterprise Ireland and U.S. Market Entry
Cornerstone Research Experts in Focus: Jules van Binsbergen
Podcast Episode 189: Adding Context to Compliance and Color To Your Legal Practice
Basics of Impact Investing: A Conversation About Investment Policies and Evaluation Metrics For ESG Investors
WorldSmart: Un Puente Entre Dos Mundos— Inversiones Entre EEUU y América Latina
This chapter discusses the prudential solvency regimes in the Middle East, a crucial topic for anyone involved in the insurance industry. The Middle East is an exciting place to be in today’s insurance market. It is expected...more
The UK Government has published a policy paper outlining its industrial strategy. The strategy centres around eight priority sectors (the IS-8), including financial services. The UK government's ambition is to establish the...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
The market for insured risk transfer solutions for UK defined benefit pension schemes has continued to grow in recent years, as increased competition among insurers and improved funding positions has enabled more and more...more
Who may be interested: Insurance Companies - Quick Take: In an Industry Letter, the SEC’s Division of Investment Management stated that insurance companies may file financial statements prepared in accordance with...more
In 2024, global venture investment in generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) grew to more than $56 billion, a 94% year-over-year increase from 2023. From 2023 to 2025, Nvidia’s market cap has grown from about $500...more
In February 2025, the German investment landscape experienced a significant shift with the amendment of the German Ordinance Act, Anlageverordnung (AnlV), through the Eighth Amendment Regulation (8. VAGVÄndV)....more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features a close look at business development companies, an introduction to project...more
The significant growth in life & annuity reinsurance in the Cayman Islands has showed no signs of slowing in the past few years and a material ingredient of this growth is Cayman reinsurers sponsored by large private equity /...more
The European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into effect on January 17, 2025. DORA aims to harmonise rules concerning the provision of information and communication technology (ICT) services to...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act EU 2022/2554 (DORA) constitutes a groundbreaking EU regulation designed to establish a unified framework for bolstering cybersecurity and operational resilience within the financial...more
Insurers and other capital markets participants, including sponsors of structured assets, should note an important development from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) that could result in regulatory...more
Two federal courts in Texas have separately ordered stays delaying the effective date of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final “investment advice fiduciary rule” under Section 3(21) of the Employee Retirement Income Security...more
The Department of Labor has issued its final regulation defining fiduciary status for investment advice to retirement investors and the related exemptions for prohibited conflicts—PTE 2020-02 and 84-24. The exemptions provide...more
Recently, in response to a request from the Committee of Annuity Insurers, the staff in the Chief Counsel's Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter...more
Insurers that outsource investment management to affiliates should consider new guidance from insurance regulators on such arrangements. On March 19, 2024, following its March 16 session at the National Association of...more
As private equity investors continue to increase their presence in the insurance industry with acquisitions of insurers and reinsurance of blocks of insurance contracts through insurer portfolio companies and segregated...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has released its package of proposed changes to the regulation defining nondiscretionary fiduciary advice and to the exemptions for conflicts and compensation for investment recommendations to...more
On Friday, November 3, the Federal Register published the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) latest attempt to redefine who is an “investment advice fiduciary” under ERISA. In conjunction with the regulatory proposal, the...more
The concept of “control” of insurers received significant attention from state insurance regulators last year and will receive even more in 2023. We wrote a brief report in April 2022 following the New York Department of...more
For much of the past 10 years, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and individual state insurance regulators have highlighted their awareness of the increasing number of insurers controlled by private...more
Insurers and fund advisers should consider newly proposed guidance from insurance regulators on funds’ use of derivatives in the context of regulatory capital treatment of a fund’s units, shares or interests. Once finalized,...more
Discussion Points: a. Why financial advisors and life insurance agents should be selling PPLI now. b. An overview of the current lay of the land in PPLI. c. The important tax rules of PPLI. d. Planning examples using...more
Letter from Our Co-Chairs - As the digital transformation of financial markets accelerates at breakneck speeds, fintech presents significant opportunities and challenges for both investors and innovators around the world. ...more
At this time, unless Congress acts, the current lifetime estate tax exemption amount of $11,580,000 is set to sunset in 2025, which means that in 2026 it will revert to $5,000,000 per person, adjusted for inflation. Many...more