In December 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its advertising and solicitation rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended....more
In December 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its advertising and solicitation rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Those finalized amendments merged the...more
In December 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its advertising and solicitation rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Those finalized amendments merged the...more
In December 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its advertising and solicitation rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Those finalized amendments merged the...more
In December 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its advertising and solicitation rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Those finalized amendments merged the...more
In December 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its advertising and solicitation rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Those finalized amendments merged the...more
No Place To Hide
The SEC is coming – whether you’re ready or not.
The founding laws of the Securities and Exchange Commission all share the assumption that the best way to protect investors is to ensure transparency...more
In its examinations of investment managers over the past decade, the SEC has consistently focused intensely on conflicts, disclosures and fiduciary duties.
Originally published in The Legal Supplement: Expert Commentary -...more
The spread of COVID-19 and its impact on the global economy has presented a seemingly endless list of complications for enterprises across a number of industries. ...more
Family office managers and private equity general partners have many common interests. Chief among them is providing maximum returns for their employees and their investors.
How family offices and private equity funds...more
Investors in private equity funds need to come in with their eyes open, with consideration given to where and what the pitfalls are, as well as what opportunities exist for avoiding them and perhaps improving the terms of the...more
7/25/2019
/ Co-Investment Rights ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Due Diligence ,
Financial Markets ,
Form ADV ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Private Equity ,
Private Placements
For most private equity managers, co-investments are an essential part of attracting limited partner investors and funding investments.
Originally published in Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the...more
Pepper is pleased to announce the release of the 2018 pfm Fees and Expenses Benchmarking Survey, produced in partnership with PEF Services and WithumSmith+Brown. The survey was launched in 2014 in response to fund managers’...more
11/2/2018
/ Benchmarking ,
Co-Investment Rights ,
Fees ,
Fund Expenses ,
Fund Managers ,
General Partnerships ,
Investment Funds ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Transparency
Expense provisions in fund documents are getting longer and longer, amid pressure on GPs to be more transparent....more
Our law firm, Pepper Hamilton, regularly advises prospective private equity and hedge fund managers on the various legal structure options associated with launching a new private investment fund. In our experience, first-time...more
8/6/2018
/ Asset Management ,
Capital Formation ,
Capital Markets ,
Crowdfunding ,
Fund Sponsors ,
Fundraisers ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Joint Venture ,
Pledges ,
Private Equity ,
Private Investment Funds
Pepper Hamilton annually commissions a survey to keep clients abreast of middle-market private equity trends. This year, with Mergermarket, we surveyed 50 middle-market PE firms regarding fund life cycles. Our findings were...more
The lifecycles of private equity (PE) funds are lengthening as managers continue to seek longer fundraising periods. This is due to a number of factors, including increases in due diligence and holding periods for investments...more
Fund managers are getting squeezed from all directions. Absent raising a larger fund next time, GPs cannot realistically expect to grow top line revenue. At the same time, they bear variable and often unpredictable...more
Co-investments are an increasingly important component of capital used by private equity groups (PEGs) to fund acquisitions and represent an increasingly significant portion of this capital. This is one of the key findings of...more
Pepper Hamilton commissioned Mergermarket to interview 50 PE executives from across the United States that have co-invested with an institutional investor within the previous three years (fund sizes managed by the...more
On October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final crowdfunding rules. More than two years after the publication of the proposed crowdfunding rules, the SEC approved regulations that permit...more
11/4/2015
/ Blue Sky Laws ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Capital Raising ,
Compliance ,
Crowdfunding ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EDGAR ,
Federal Register ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
JOBS Act ,
Regulation D ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rule 506 Offerings ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On March 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules amending Regulation A to implement the provisions of Section 401 of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act). The new rules confirm...more
In crafting current fund investments, investors have negotiated with fund managers for greater transparency, more efficiency and more egalitarianism. Navigating these issues necessarily becomes the priority for any GP’s list...more
Pepper Hamilton’s Julia D. Corelli and PEF Services’ Anne Anquillare and Mark Heil, joined Pepper’s Gregory J. Nowak for his monthly webinar which he hosts for West LegalEdcenter. This month the webinar discussed a recent...more
Excerpt from Question 1:
Your firm is visited by the SEC or state regulator for a routine regulatory examination and you enlist a law firm or consultant to help guide you through the process. Who pays the legal or...more