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SEC Could Broaden Path to Private Equity Fund of Funds Investment

DarrowEverett LLP on 7/14/2025

Since the enactment of the Investment Company Act 85 years ago, the asset management industry has grown from $2 billion in assets to more than $39 trillion in assets. Under existing Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)...more

JPEX Is Test Case for Hong Kong’s New Regulatory Regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/16/2023

Hong Kong regulators recently brought criminal enforcement actions against virtual asset trading platform JPEX and individuals associated with the platform. This case has become the first opportunity for local authorities to...more

Crypto as a Security – Applying the Howey Test

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 8/7/2023

A US court recently handed down a landmark ruling addressing the question of whether the crypto token XRP falls under the definition of “security”. The US court ruled that the same crypto token may be classified differently...more

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions - April 2023

Blank Rome LLP on 4/17/2023

REGULATORY UPDATES - Recent SEC Leadership Changes - On January 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced the appointment of Cristina Martin Firvida as director of the Office of the Investor...more

SEC Proposes Radical Transformation of Custody Rule Into New Safeguarding Rule

Goodwin on 2/17/2023

On February 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed a significant transformation of Rule 206(4)-2 (the “Custody Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) into a new...more

Blockchain Week in Review - September 2019

Perkins Coie on 9/12/2019

U.S. Developments - VanEck and SolidX to Offer Bitcoin ETF to Qualified Institutional Buyers - On September 3, 2019, VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management LLC announced that they are seeking to use Rule 144A of...more

Tax Planning for Chinese Investment in U.S. Real Estate

Bilzin Sumberg on 10/23/2015

According to recent estimates, Chinese investors represented the largest group of foreign investors in U.S. real estate in the second quarter of 2015 with $1.9 billion in acquisitions. In the last 12 months, Chinese investors...more

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