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Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Regarding 401(k) Plan Investments in Alternative Assets

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On August 7, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an executive order to provide 401(k) plan participants with greater access to invest in “alternative assets” (the “Executive Order”). Pursuant to the Executive Order,...more

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President Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking to Facilitate 401(k) Access to Private Funds and Digital Assets

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On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at facilitating and expanding access to alternative investments — such as private equity, private credit, real estate and digital assets like cryptocurrency —...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Conversation with Former SEC Chief Economist Dr. Jessica Wachter on Investment Management Rulemaking at the Commission – PE...

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This episode of PE Pathways features Dr. Jessica Wachter, former chief economist and director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), now a professor in quantitative...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

January 2025 Regulatory Roundup

Trump Picks New SEC Head, SEC Enforcement Starts Strong in 2025, and Latest Lessons from EXAMS: Details Matter and Duty of Care Fails - Welcome to our January 2025 Regulatory Roundup, where we provide practical advice on the...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray’s Investment Management Update October – November 2024

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The following summarizes recent legal developments of note affecting the mutual fund/investment management industry. On October 21, 2024, the SEC Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) published its annual Examination Priorities...more

King & Spalding

Rebuilding Infrastructure in America: The Impact of U.S. Government Infrastructure Spending on the Private Funds Industry

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As part of our ongoing series on the Trump administration’s infrastructure proposal, Building A Stronger America (the “Plan”), we continue to provide insight on how various sectors of the financial industry may be impacted by...more

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Rebuilding Infrastructure in America - April 2018 #2

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The Impact of U.S. Government Infrastructure Spending on the Private Funds Industry - As part of our ongoing series on the Trump administration’s infrastructure proposal, Building A Stronger America (the “Plan”), we...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Could Tax Reform Threaten Higher Education?

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Given declining funding from government sources and the continued pressure to minimize tuition increases, it is critical for higher education institutions to encourage private giving. The primary catalyst for private giving...more

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The Department of Labor’s New Fiduciary Rule: Frequently Asked Questions for Private Fund Advisers

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Core elements of the U.S. Department of Labor’s controversial new fiduciary investment advice rule (the “Fiduciary Rule”) became effective on June 9, 2017, despite President Trump’s February 3, 2017 memorandum ordering...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Outgoing SEC Chair Reflects on the Agency’s Enforcement Program and Advocates for Increased Authority

On November 18, 2016, outgoing SEC Chair Mary Jo White delivered a speech at New York University School of Law entitled “A New Model for SEC Enforcement: Producing Bold and Unrelenting Results.”  Chair White’s remarks covered...more

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