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The Importance of Complying with Private Fund Documents for Affiliate Transactions

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Private fund advisers continually balance their ongoing responsibility to ensure that the funds they advise comply with such funds’ governing documents and their responsibility to ensure their own compliance with applicable...more

Cozen O'Connor

Summarizing the SEC’s 2025 Examination Priorities Report, Part 2

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In the second part of this legal update series, we summarize the key takeaways from the Division of Examinations’ (Division) 2025 priorities report released on October 21, 2024. The Division remains focused on mainstays like...more

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Regulatory Roundup for June 2024

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Private Fund Rules Cancelled, Survey Says Marketing Rule is a Lot of Work and the Intersection of Regulation BI and Investment Adviser’s Fiduciary Duty - Welcome to our June Regulatory Roundup, where we provide you with a...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

SEC Scrutinizes Private Fund Investor Communications

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There has been much ink spilled over the Marketing Rule and the Private Fund Rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  These rules represent significant regulation of investment advisers, imposing specific affirmative...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

DOL Publishes Final Regulation Expanding the Definition of an ERISA Fiduciary

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On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) finalized a collection of regulatory changes in its ongoing quest to update the definition of a “fiduciary” under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Proposed SEC Rules Aim at Putting Private Funds More in Public View

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Whether everyday Americans saving for retirement, college tuition, or their forever homes know it or not, there’s a chance that their money is tied, directly or indirectly, to private funds. Moreover, those Americans probably...more

K&L Gates LLP

The SEC's Division of Examinations Publishes 2022 Examination Priorities and Previews Key Focus Areas for Registered Investment...

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On 30 March 2022, the Division of Examinations (the Division) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its examination priorities for the 2022 fiscal year. The Division highlighted five “significant focus...more

Carlton Fields

Big Changes Ahead for Private Funds? SEC Chair’s Transparent Intent

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler closed out 2021 with remarks at a recent Institutional Limited Partners Association Summit, focusing on a number of issues facing private equity and hedge funds....more

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What’s the SEC’s Plan for Private Funds? Gensler Signals Priorities in Speech to ILPA

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On November 10, 2021, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, made a speech at the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”) Summit that provides a useful summary of the SEC’s immediate...more

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SEC Steps Up Scrutiny On Private Fund Fee Allocation Practices

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In two recent cases, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) has made clear that it has increased its focus on private funds and their allocation of fees and expenses. In the most recent, the SEC entered an order on...more

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