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SEC Clarifies Marketing Rule, Warms up to Crypto and Private Placements under 506(c), and Backs off Form SHO; Latest Lessons from EXAMS: Duty of Care and Risk Identification Failures - Welcome to our February and March 2025...more
On February 8, 2024, the SEC adopted its third set of amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds. The amendments specifically affect Sections 1 and 2...more
As we look back on the SEC’s actions in 2024, we wanted to share our thoughts on lessons learned that we believe will carry through to 2025....more
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
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
Two recent developments may affect private funds, including syndicated real estate offerings. First, at the end of last summer the SEC adopted the Private Fund Adviser rules, regulations that cover certain aspects of...more
FinCEN is focused on customer due diligence, and both the 2024 Investment Adviser Risk Assessment and proposed rule indicate that investment advisers will be expected to assess customer identity, business model, and sources...more
Effective December 25, 2023, Tennessee Rule 0780-4-3-.05 was amended to include a new exemption to registration requirements for investment advisers under Tenn. Code. Ann. § 48-1-109 (the Amended Rule). In the past, advisers...more
It is a dramatic understatement to describe 2023 as a busy year in the United States for asset management regulation. With 24 rules adopted and 18 new rules or rule amendments proposed, the US Securities and Exchange...more
What is the purpose of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)? Effective as of January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) imposed new federal reporting obligations on certain companies, including potentially...more
In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its trend of recent years of robust and significant rulemaking that affects the range of players in the securities industry — public companies, broker-dealers,...more
Earlier this year, the US Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The CTA will require thousands of privately held US and non-US entities to report beneficial ownership to the US Treasury Department’s Financial...more
Starting on January 1, 2024, entities that are organized in the United States or are registered to do business in the United States will generally be required to disclose to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (an...more
...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The adopting release...more
This RIA Regulatory Review highlights certain key regulatory developments affecting investment advisers. Please contact us with any questions on the topics covered below. The SEC Adopts Significant New Rules for Private...more
REGULATORY UPDATES - Recent SEC Leadership Changes - The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced the appointment of Deborah J. Jeffrey as Inspector General effective May 7, 2023. Prior to this...more
In 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed numerous new and amended rules (“proposals”) that would apply to SEC-registered investment advisers (“Registered Advisers”), including private fund...more
If adopted, the proposals will likely impact market practices - In a trinity of proposing releases rolled out in less than three months, the SEC has comprehensively proposed to regulate the use of derivatives and short...more
During the first quarter of 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a flurry of proposed new rules and rule amendments. While the proposed rules on the enhancement and standardization of climate-related...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more
The SEC’s “Private Funds Statistics” report, published October 16, 2016, reveals that the number of private funds and private fund assets has grown significantly over the past two years. The data show that private funds, as a...more