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Negotiating Economics: What are the Different Advantages of Co-Investment for GPs and LPs?

Ropes & Gray LLP on 7/16/2025

GPs are increasingly exploring formalised co-investment structures in a bid to secure management fees and carried interest. Co-investment activity has increased fivefold over the past two decades, hitting a record $33.2...more

Consulting Firm Settles Allegations That It Had Inadequate Procedures For Handling Of MNPI Between Units

A&O Shearman on 11/26/2021

On November 19, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that an affiliate of McKinsey & Company (“McKinsey”), McKinsey Investment Office Partners, Inc. (“MIO”), had agreed to pay an $18 million penalty...more

Fintech 2020: A Global Survey on the State of Financial Technology

Goodwin on 9/16/2020

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

Financial Daily Dose 7.9.2020 | Top Story: United Airlines Warns of Layoffs Affecting 40% of Its Workforce This Fall

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/10/2020

United Airlines is preparing to furlough as many as 36,000 workers—“nearly 40 percent of its global work force”—if the travel industry remains weak as summer turns into fall. The October 1 cuts would coincide with the end of...more

Entering the U.S. Market: A Guide for FinTech Firms

A&O Shearman on 10/24/2019

The United States is the largest financial services market in the world. For an international business, expanding operations to the U.S. can facilitate capital-raising efforts, provide access to one of the world’s deepest...more

Key Takeaways from SEC FinTech Forum

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 6/7/2019

On Friday, May 31, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a forum (the FinTech Forum) to discuss financial technology developments, including blockchain and distributed ledger technology and...more

Investment Management Update

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/15/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new rule and related amendments designed to streamline and enhance the regulatory framework for "fund of funds" arrangements....more

Drawing Legal Lines in Cryptocurrency Regulation: The Importance of Decentralization

The Volkov Law Group on 7/5/2018

The cryptocurrency market is exciting to watch. Based on the revolutionary blockchain distributed ledger system, cryptocurrencies have exploded on the marketplace. As with any new “gold rush” to hit a market, cryptocurrency...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

Planning ahead: the FCA's 2017/18 Business Plan priorities and strategic framework

Hogan Lovells on 4/24/2017

The FCA's latest Business Plan demonstrates a commitment to pushing forward on both existing and new initiatives across sectors, focused on maintaining fair consumer outcomes in the rapidly changing UK financial services...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/2/2016

Financial Industry Developments - FHFA Further Adjusts Multifamily Lending Caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - On August 18, 2016, the Federal Housing Finance Agency ("FHFA") announced an additional increase...more

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