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Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions, July 2025

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Recent SEC Administration Changes - SEC Names Brian Daly as Director of the Division of Investment Management - On June 10, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that Natasha Vij Greiner,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC and CFTC Extend Form PF Compliance Date Again

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On June 11, 2025 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) again extended the compliance date for the most recent Form PF amendments, providing a near four-month reprieve for...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC raises ceiling on closed-end funds’ investments in private funds

Recent policy initiatives and remarks from leaders of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have created a changing landscape for retail access to the private markets. At a recent conference hosted by the Practising...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray’s Investment Management Update April – June 2025

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Since our prior IM Update, in separate Alerts, we covered (i) the SEC’s decision to remove from its regulatory agenda proposed rulemakings relevant to the investment management industry, (ii) Ropes & Gray’s updated and...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Expanding Retail Investor Access to Private Funds: A Spider-Man Problem

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Private funds could be facing a Spider-Man problem. Let me explain. Because he was bitten by a radioactive spider, Spider-Man has superpowers. He can jump really high. He can shoot webs from his hands. When his...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 39

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

Polsinelli

SEC and CFTC Further Delay Form PF Compliance Date to October 1, 2025

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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

Seward & Kissel LLP

Extension of Form PF Amendments Compliance Date

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On June 11th, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), together with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) further extended the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF (the “Form PF...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC and CFTC Again Extend Compliance Deadline for Form PF Amendments

On June 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted to extend the compliance date of the Form PF amendments that were adopted in February 2024 again from June 12, 2025...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Form PF Amendments Delayed Again

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to extend the compliance date for rule amendments that expand the reporting requirements for private fund managers. The Form PF amendments were adopted on February...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Further Extends Form PF Compliance Date and Signals Broader Reconsideration

On June 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to extend the compliance date for the most recently adopted amendments to Form PF by approximately four months, to October 1, 2025....more

DLA Piper

IMpact: Investment Management News - Q2 2025

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Welcome to IMpact: Investment Management News. In this regular bulletin, DLA Piper lawyers share their insights on key developments that are impacting the investment management industry. Pursuant to rules issued in 2024 and...more

K&L Gates LLP

United States: STOP! START AGAIN! JUST KIDDING, STOP AGAIN! SEC Provides 11th Hour Extension of Compliance Date for Amended Form...

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With less than a day to go before the 12 June 2025 compliance date for the SEC and CFTC’s jointly adopted amendments to Form PF, the SEC, together with the CFTC, voted today to further extend the compliance date for the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Expands the Ability of Registered Closed-End Funds to Invest in Private Funds

Since 2002, the staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) consistently issued comments during the registration statement review process to closed-end funds (CEFs) registered under the Investment Company Act of...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

[Podcast] Navigating the SEC's New Marketing Rule FAQ Guidance

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On this Ropes & Gray podcast, Alyssa Horton and Colleen Meyer, both counsel in the private funds regulatory group, explore the recent SEC staff guidance on the Marketing Rule. They discuss the new FAQs issued on March 19,...more

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SEC Drops 15% Limit in Private Funds for Retail Closed-End Funds

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Statements earlier this week by SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins and by Division of Investment Management Director Natasha J. Greiner indicate that the SEC staff will no longer require retail closed-end funds to limit their...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

The SEC Spoke:  Private Fund Changes Coming

At yesterday's Practising Law Institute’s SEC Speaks program, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chair Paul Atkins shared his views on a wide range of topics.  Chair Atkins touched on innovation at the SEC, FinHub and...more

K&L Gates LLP

What a Relief! Co-Investments Get Easier for Interval Funds, Tender Offer Funds, and Business Development Companies

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a streamlined framework for co-investments involving certain closed-end funds and business development companies (together, Regulated Funds)....more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2025

Confession: writing this in May 2025, we cannot predict with confidence what the rest of 2025 will bring. The year has already seen four months of change and upheaval – political, regulatory, and economic. The new US...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Set to Approve More Flexible Co-Investment Relief for BDCs and Closed-End Funds

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On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a notice indicating its intent to grant Franklin Square’s (“FS”) exemptive relief application (the “FS Application”) permitting certain business...more

White & Case LLP

SEC Enforcement 2.0: Chairman Atkins Has Arrived

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Paul Atkins has taken the reins of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). After being confirmed by the Senate on April 9, Atkins officially began his tenure as SEC Chairman on April 21. His arrival is expected to...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC provides green light to new exemptive relief

The SEC recently issued a notice with regard to a new model of co-investment relief and issued the first exemptive order for multi-class relief to a private BDC. This legal alert discusses both new developments....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

April Welcomes More Flexible Co-Investment Exemptive Relief Under the Investment Company Act of 1940

On April 3, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an exemptive application1 that allows for a more flexible co-investment transaction approval process. This new relief simplifies the process followed by...more

Cozen O'Connor

SEC Chair Nomination Hearing – A Legal Update

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On March 27, 2025, the Senate Banking Committee (Committee) held Paul Atkins’ confirmation hearing for Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission). Below are some highlights, observations, and...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New Tariffs, Old Issues: Post-Liberation Day Advisers Act Considerations for Private Fund Managers

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Markets remain exceptionally volatile following the announcement of the U.S. “Liberation Day” tariffs and retaliatory measures from other countries. While the ultimate path of policy remains uncertain, recent developments are...more

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