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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Debt by Design, June 2025 - Permitted Indebtedness

Before a subscription lender can enter into a subscription credit facility with a fund, the subscription lender will need to review the limited partnership agreement (“LPA”) of such fund to confirm the LPA allows for...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Three Risks to Monitor in Private Credit

Private credit has become an essential source of financing globally, with fund sponsors enjoying strong demand from borrowers, market participants, and investors.  However, as the industry’s “golden age” continues, regulatory...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Family Office Symposium 2025 | Key Takeaways

McDermott’s Family Office Symposium 2025 brought together more than 400 single-family office executives and industry leaders to uncover new opportunities, exchange best practices, and strengthen relationships. Focused on the...more

Hogan Lovells

Unlocking Liquidity: How secondary sales support pension schemes in insurance buy-in/buy-outs

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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Is Cash King? Deferred Consideration and Specie/in-Kind Transactions in the Context of Private Equity NAV Financings

Net asset value (NAV) facility documentation, at least in the context of private equity, has evolved to a large extent on the assumption that borrower funds will usually execute transactions in cash - paying cash on...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Navigating Turbulence with Adams Street Partners’ Bill Sacher

With over $62 billion of AUM, Adams Street Partners is a global investor in private equity and private credit. It invests in over 450 global general partners in private equity and directly invests in private credit. As such,...more

Ankura

Metrics That Matter Revisited: Elevate Your Playbook

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Private Equity (PE) firms face pressure to deliver strong returns while managing downside risk. This necessitates a focus on performance metrics that measure value creation and overall health. However, the reporting shared by...more

DLA Piper

Beyond the Balance Sheet - The Future of Private Credit and Fund Finance

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The inaugural Beyond the Balance Sheet: The Future of Private Credit and Fund Finance Summit brought together industry leaders to explore key trends shaping private credit and fund finance. Hosted by DLA Piper and Opal, the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Regulatory Priorities Spring Into Focus, April 2025 - The UK Regulator Sets Out Its Supervisory Priorities for the Asset...

On February 26, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote to Chief Executives in the asset management and alternatives sector to set out their current supervision priorities (the Portfolio Letter)....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FCA Findings on Private Market Valuations Stress Risk of Conflicts and Need for Independence

On 5 March 2025, the FCA published its findings from its multi-firm assessment of governance and valuation practices within the private market sector (Review) along with a press release. The Review focused on firms operating...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Predictions for 2025: What Private Fund Advisers Can Expect from SEC Examinations

There has been a lot of conjecture that the SEC may become friendlier to registrants because of the new administration. Given the SEC’s mandate to protect the investing public, however, we do not expect SEC examiners to...more

A&O Shearman

UK FCA portfolio letter on supervision priorities for asset management and alternatives portfolios

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a portfolio letter explaining its current supervision priorities for asset management and alternatives. Firms must discuss this letter with their Board, Executive...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FCA Publishes Findings on Private Market Valuation Practices

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A review of fund and portfolio managers found a number of good practices, but also revealed the need for improvement in areas such as conflict management. On 5 March 2025, the FCA published the findings from its review...more

Woodruff Sawyer

If Gen AI Is a Bubble, Here's How Investment Managers Can Stay Protected

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FCA ‘Dear CEO’ Letter to the Asset Management and Alternatives Sector

In February 2025, Camille Blackburn, director at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), set out the FCA’s current supervisory priorities for the asset management and alternatives sector (Sector) in a “Dear CEO”...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FCA’s Approach to Non-Bank Leverage and Implications for Market Participants

On 25 February 2025, Sarah Pritchard, executive director of consumers, competition, and international at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), delivered a speech at the Investment Association Roundtable where she outlined...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

February 2025 Regulatory Round-Up

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued the latest Dear CEO Letter on 26th February 2025. In it, the FCA confirmed its current supervisory priorities, which include private markets, market integrity and disruption,...more

Goodwin

Where Do Private Funds Draw the Line on Recycling?

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Private fund managers “recycle” capital — i.e., reinvest capital that would otherwise be returned to investors or to recall distributions already made — to maximize their investment capacity. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Hot Topics (and Panels) for the Fontainebleau – Sun, Sea and Securitization

Back when NAV was something that guided you to your chosen venue for the evening, the FFA conference in Miami (and earlier still, New York) was a slightly more 'NAV'igable event....more

Bennett Jones LLP

High-Net-Worth Investors to Boost Growth in Private Equity: Opportunities, Risks and Other Important Considerations

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Globally, private equity is expected to double its current assets under management (AUM) to US$12 trillion by the end of 2029, driven in large part by private wealth investors, according to new Preqin research....more

Conyers

Insurance and Asset Managers in the Cayman Islands: A Perfect Marriage?

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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

Carey Olsen

Fund Finance Laws and Regulations 2025: Assessing Lender Risk in Fund Finance Markets (GLI chapter)

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Carey Olsen have contributed to the Global Legal Insights – Fund Finance guide by authoring a chapter on assessing lender risk in fund finance markets. As the fund finance market continues to evolve, lenders will need to...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Multi-Strat Funds: Structuring Considerations

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In a typical multi-strategy fund (“Multi-Strat”), a fund structure is established by an investment manager (the “Investment Manager”) that runs multiple investment strategy portfolios within it, oftentimes with different...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Corporate Trends and Financing - March 2024

Managing Deal Risks in a Challenging Regulatory Environment: Strategies and Deal Terms With antitrust and other regulators scrutinizing mergers more closely, it is crucial for companies to negotiate terms to mitigate and...more

White & Case LLP

Sector trends - September 2023: Stock Exchanges/Clearing Houses/Trading Venues

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Decisive inorganic growth decisions by London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Börse, Nasdaq and Euronext set a furious pace for European trading venue M&A activity....more

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