The Preferred Return Podcast | Balancing Act: Strategies for GPs and LPs in Today's Market
[Podcast] Unlocking the Potential of Alternative Markets with HighVista Strategies’ Raphi Schorr
The Preferred Return Podcast | Spin-outs and New Fund Sponsors
Business Better Podcast Episode: Investing in Consumer Brands – A Conversation with SBJ Capital
New SEC Private Funds Rules – What Is Happening and What You Need to Know - Troutman Pepper Podcast
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Alternative Asset Managers in the Crosshairs
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Compliance and Enforcement Considerations for Private Funds & RIAs
Nota Bene Podcast Episode 133: What’s Driving the Shift Toward Renewable Energy? with Paul Kaufman and Ben Huffman
Challenges for Infrastructure Projects in the Current Environment
Investment Management and Private Funds Roundtable – June 2020
Investment Management and Private Funds Roundtable: TALF 2020 and PPP Update
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – The SEC’s proposed accredited investor definition
Protecting Intellectual Property - Investment Management Roundtable Discussion
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Private fund regulatory developments
Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Personal Estate Planning
Podcast: Private Funds Update: The UK Stewardship Code 2020
Podcast: Private Fund Regulatory Update – Network and Cloud Storage
Podcast: Private Fund Regulatory Update: Post-U.S. Government Shutdown
Podcast: Keeping Up with Recent Changes and Trends in Private Fund Regulation
SEC Activity with Fixed Income and Credit Funds
On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have once again delayed the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF, moving it to October 1, 2025....more
On March 12, 2025, the SEC staff confirmed in a no-action letter that issuers may rely on high minimum investment levels, as well as investor self-certification of accredited status, in private offerings involving general...more
On March 12, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the SEC issued a no-action letter (the “No-Action Letter”) providing new guidance on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act....more
In 2024, private funds continued to be a major focus for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with an active docket of enforcement cases and rulemaking efforts. Although we expect 2025 to include a continued...more
The international accounting firm RSM recently published a white paper/client alert regarding outsourcing private equity fund administration. This article raises very interesting points. As firms that focus on the private...more
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
Every year compliance officers face the unenviable job of performing their compliance program's annual review under Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-7). An essential element of that review is updating the firm's compliance policies...more
Recent client alerts have provided an overview of the new “private fund rules” adopted in late August by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These rules apply, subject to limited exceptions and carveouts, to...more
On August 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission finalized the Private Funds Rules. Listen to Troutman Pepper Partner Genna Garver and Fairview General Counsel and Executive Vice President Amber Allen as they discuss the...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted a new rule (the “Rule”) that amends Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to privately-offered...more
On May 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted significant amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds. The final amendments will...more
On May 3, 2023, the SEC adopted amendments to Form PF that will establish new event-reporting requirements for “private equity fund advisers” and “large hedge fund advisers”, and will require certain additional annual...more
On February 9, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) for private fund advisers that, if adopted in their current form, could impose significant additional costs...more
Private funds can draw lessons about how to prioritize their compliance efforts and practices in response to a series of warnings by newly-appointed federal regulators of increased scrutiny, regulation, and enforcement...more
Private equity funds could find themselves with much greater logistical reporting burdens if the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed amendments to Form PF are finalized. Our Securities Group and Investment...more
Upon publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register, stakeholders will have a 30- day period in which to comment. On January 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a proposed rule that,...more
On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance hedge fund and private fund disclosure requirements and increase regulators’ visibility into the private funds industry....more
On January 27th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed amendments to the Form PF that would (i) introduce new “current reports” for (a) “large hedge fund advisers” with respect to “qualifying hedge...more
Growth in the private funds industry has been exponential in recent years and shows no sign of slowing down. Industry experts estimate that investors pay private equity and hedge funds more than $250 billion a year in fees...more
On November 10, 2021, in prepared remarks before a meeting sponsored by the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler presented his views on the role and...more
Valuation practices will continue to be the subject of disputes. Particularly in times of economic disruption and market volatility, buyers and sellers are more likely to have substantial differences of opinions on valuation,...more
Introduction - Despite an anticipated de-regulatory push, there are significant new regulatory concerns for investment advisers to address in connection with their annual review of their compliance manuals. ...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently approved a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) proposal to adopt a new regime for the regulation of electing broker-dealer firms that meet the...more
Non-Enforcement - Amendments to the Venture Capital Fund Adviser and Private Fund Adviser Exemptions - Last month the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued a guidance update (Update) addressing recent...more
Regulators were busy at the end of 2015, especially in the United States, perhaps being motivated to push forward new rule proposals in anticipation of a change in administration after the presidential elections later this...more