The new “retirement security rule” package, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) on October 31, 2023, is the latest chapter in an almost 15-year effort by the DOL to amend the five-part test in its 1975...more
12/11/2023
/ Compliance ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Exemptions ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Securities ,
Valuation
The new “retirement security rule” package, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) on October 31, 2023, is the latest chapter in an almost 15-year effort by the DOL to amend the five-part test in its 1975...more
11/28/2023
/ 401k ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary-Standards ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
IRA Rollovers ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
PTEs ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In late 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) issued final regulations (the “Final Rules”) which address the extent to which ERISA fiduciaries may consider environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors when...more
On November 3, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had reached a settlement with Fenway Partners, LLC, a New York-based private equity firm, and several of the firm's executives (the...more
11/5/2015
/ Advisory Board ,
Affiliated-Business Arrangements ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Executives ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Investors ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (the "BEA") recently released the final version of the BE-180 report, a five-year benchmark survey that collects data on transactions between U.S. persons that are...more
9/1/2015
/ Benchmarks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Bureau of Economic Analysis ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investors ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Private Funds ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Surveys ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Time Extensions ,
U.S. Commerce Department