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CFTC Amends Regulation 4.7, Increasing Dollar Threshold for QEP Qualification and Codifying Monthly Reporting Option for Funds of...

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Our Investment Funds Group examines how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has amended Regulation 4.7 to increase investor suitability standards and provide additional flexibility for funds-of-funds reporting....more

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The Intersection of NAV and Margin Loans: Single Asset and Concentrated Asset Pools

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Executive Summary - Over the last several years, a need has arisen in the fund finance market, which caters to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and other investment funds (“Funds”) and their sponsors, for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK Relaxes Its Requirements Around Payment for Investment Research

In Policy Statement PS24/9 on Payment Optionality for Investment Research, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has set out its final rules on allowing payments for research to once again be ‘bundled’ (i.e. made...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Going for Gold August 2024 - Credit Portfolio Finance – A Primer on Back-Leverage

The combination of increased regulatory pressure and additional investor demand for higher yield has seen numerous banks gradually displaced by private debt funds in the corporate lending sector (particularly for mid-market...more

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Structured Finance Spectrum - Summer 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the new UK securitization regime, eHELOCs, and climate risk disclosures....more

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During his remarks at a meeting of the International Bar Association’s Asset Management Industry Conference on Global Challenges and Opportunities in Boston, Commissioner Uyeda commented on investment research and the...more

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Regulation Round Up - May 2024

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Key developments in May 2024: ESG: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the sustainability disclosure requirements (“SDR”) and investments labelling regime. Among other things, the webpage has been...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Powering the AI Revolution with DigitalBridge’s Kyle Colvin

Digital Infrastructure – the cell towers, data centers, fiber and small cells that power our wireless and mobile data – is one of the fastest growing investment sectors today. New technologies such as 5G and IoT have put...more

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Global business in a changing Europe - 2024

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With Parliamentary elections and a series of national votes in 2024, the EU is entering a pivotal period in its history. In this study, ‘Global business in a changing Europe’, we speak to corporate leaders across the world to...more

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Hong Kong's New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme

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Introduced in the 2023-2024 Budget, the new and revamped Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (New CIES) aims at enriching the talent pool and attracting more new capital to Hong Kong. It is one of the eight policy measures...more

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US Asset Management Regulatory Year in Review 2023

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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

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Search for scale and specialist expertise point to increased dealmaking among asset managers

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Fundraising challenges, higher financing costs, market volatility and an ever-tighter regulatory environment are upping the pressure for M&A among asset managers. Those drivers, however, apply differently depending on which...more

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Global M&A Insights: Deal-making predictions for 2024

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Welcome to our year-end edition of M&A Insights, where we preview some of the themes we expect to shape deal-making over the next 12 months. Continued volatility in the debt markets has resulted in another subdued year for...more

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The SEC Publishes 2024 Examination Priorities Ahead of Schedule, Previewing Key Areas of Focus for Registered Entities

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On 16 October 2023, the Division of Examinations (Division) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its examination priorities for the 2024 fiscal year (the Report). The Division released this Report...more

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The Capital Markets Bill: A long-awaited reform at a glance

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On 2 May 2023, the parliamentary debate to enact a long-awaited bill, commonly known as the Capital Markets Bill, commenced. The Capital Markets Bill is aimed primarily at introducing a number of significant changes in the...more

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SEC Modernizes Share Repurchase Rules with New Repurchase Disclosures

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On 3 May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted amendments to modernize the disclosure requirements relating to repurchases of an issuer’s equity securities, including requiring issuers to provide...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 4: Market on the Move with Bain Capital Credit's Mike Ewald

As private credit lenders move up market, Mike Ewald, partner at Bain Capital Credit, joins the Private Market Talks podcast to discuss how big the market might get, when – and if – the syndicated market comes back, and what...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 3: Canvassing the Credit Landscape with Carlyle's Justin Plouffe

On Episode 3 of Private Market Talks, Carlyle’s Justin Plouffe, managing director and deputy chief investment officer for Global Credit, talks about opportunities for credit investors in the current environment and what he’s...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 2: Driving Alpha with AB Private Credit Investors’ Brent Humphries

In this installment of Private Market Talks, Brent Humphries, President and Founding Member of AB Private Credit Investors, speaks with us from his home in Austin, Texas. Over the course of the episode, Brent shares his...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 1: Navigating Headwinds in Private Credit with KKR’s Dan Pietrzak

In the first episode of Private Market Talks, host Peter Antoszyk sits down with Dan Pietrzak, co-head of Private Credit at KKR. Peter and Dan talk about their journeys in private credit, the importance of culture in building...more

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ELTIF Reform: A Milestone in the Development of an EU Private Fund Structure for Accessing Wholesale Markets

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The European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF), a collective investment framework for both professional and retail investors looking to invest in long-term assets, has been available to EU managers since December 2015. ...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

New Draft Regulation on Financial Asset Service Providers

The Israeli Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority (CMISA) recently published drafts of two important circulars regulating financial asset service providers, including provisions regarding protection of virtual...more

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Sector trends - July 2022: Asset/Wealth Management

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UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Asset/Wealth Management - With over 350 deals in the European AWM sector in 2021, M&A consolidation activity is hotter than it has ever been in the...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Will Israel Enter the MSCI Europe?

The global stock index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), one of the largest stock index providers in the world, announced recently that it opened a consultancy process with regard to Israel’s possible...more

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European Commission publishes proposed amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

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On 25 November 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a legislative proposal with targeted amendments to Directive 2011/61/EU (“the “AIFMD”) and (to a certain extent) the UCITS Directive (“AIFMD...more

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