Podcast: Credit Funds: Hot Topics in BDC Regulation
Podcast: Credit Funds: 1940 Act Interval Funds
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Boards of Directors; and Investment Advisers. Quick Take: The staff of the SEC Division of Investment Management (Staff) recently issued a no-action letter stating...more
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ("Dimensional"), a quantitative investment firm, recently filed an application for exemptive relief ("Application") with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), seeking permission to offer...more
On July 12, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted, by a 3-2 vote, to adopt money market fund reforms that will significantly impact the regulatory framework governing money market funds ("money funds"...more
Quick Take: The SEC charged an investment adviser in connection with improper trading in certain fixed income securities. The SEC’s order alleges that the adviser improperly traded the securities between advised clients,...more
Key Takeaways - Rights offerings serve as an attractive capital-raising option for issuers in need of liquidity, particularly for closed-end funds and business development companies (“BDCs”), which generally cannot issue...more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Cryptocurrency-related Holdings - On January 18, 2018, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment...more
Final U.S. Treasury regulations under Section 446 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code’), providing for the use of the net asset value (“NAV”) accounting method for transactions in money market fund...more
Overview - Business development companies (“BDCs”) are U.S. publicly held investment funds that invest primarily in private and thinly traded public U.S. businesses. BDCs have generally faced capital raising challenges...more
On September 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a comprehensive package of rule reforms designed to enhance effective liquidity risk management by open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) on July 23, 2014 approved, by a vote of 3- 2, sweeping amendments to Rule 2a - 7 and other rules that govern money market funds (money funds) under the...more
At a meeting held on July 23, 2014, the SEC voted 3-2 to adopt amendments (the “Amendments”) to various regulatory requirements affecting money market funds (“MMFs”). The Amendments, which are set forth in SEC Release No....more
On July 23, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted final rules governing the structure and operation of money market funds. These rules are discussed in a release adopting amendments to Rule 2a-7 under...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has proposed sweeping amendments to Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) and other rules relating to money market funds (“money funds”).1 The...more
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed a new Revenue Procedure (Proposed Revenue Procedure) regarding the application of the wash sale rules under Section 1091 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (Code) to...more
On June 5, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously proposed for public comment two alternatives for amending Rule 2a-7 and other rules that govern money market funds under the Investment Company...more