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What Every Private Equity Fund Manager Should Know About ERISA

What is ERISA? The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) protects the interests of employee benefit plan participants by establishing strict standards of conduct for “plan fiduciaries” – i.e.,...more

Focus On British Virgin Islands Regulation

Originally published on HFM WEEK.COM - 31 JAN - 6 FEB 2013. As a new ‘regulation light’ fund manager regime is launched in the British Virgin Islands, eligible fund managers can now count on a simpler application...more

After the Love is Gone – Tax Planning Considerations for Private Equity and Venture Capital Fund Managers in a Post-Carried...

Overview - The issue of carried interest taxation as obscure an issue as it is, has gotten all kinds of attention in the media over the last several years. Most recently, the issue garnered national attention during...more

Canadian Federal Government Announces Plans to Support Venture Capital

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper shared major plans to bolster Canada’s venture capital (VC) industry by injecting $400 million in new capital over the next seven to ten years. The Government’s Venture Capital...more