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UK Listed Investment Companies (Classification etc) Bill Published

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The Listed Investment Companies (Classification etc) Bill has been published on the U.K. Parliament website, following its first reading in the House of Lords on the same day. The Bill seeks to make provisions about listed...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Adopts Amendments to Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN Reporting Relating to Liquidity Risk Management; Issues Guidance on Open-End...

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On August 28, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to reporting requirements on Forms N-PORT and N-CEN that apply to certain registered investment companies, including registered open-end...more

A&O Shearman

Great Fund Insights: ESMA Guidelines on funds’ names: Tell me your fund name, I’ll tell you your fund strategy

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On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more

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Structuring a Cayman Islands Closed-Ended Fund

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This article provides an overview of common structures for investment funds in the Cayman Islands. Investment funds in the Cayman Islands must be registered either under the Private Funds Act or the Mutual Funds Act,...more

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ケイマン諸島クローズドエンド型ファンドの組成

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この記事では、ケイマン諸島における一般的な投資ファンド組成に関する概要をご紹介します。 ケイマン諸島における投資ファンドは、ファンド戦略がクローズドエンド型かオープンエンド型かに応じて、プライベートファンド法またはミューチュアルファンド法のいずれかに基づいて登録されなければならないことになっています。...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Trusts and Activist Funds: What UK Companies Need To Know

On 15 February 2024, Skadden partners Kenneth Burdon, Robert Chaplin, Eben Colby and Greg Norman presented the webinar “Investment Trusts and Activist Funds,” which outlined recent trends in shareholder activism in publicly...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2024

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments from the fourth quarter of 2023 impacting the investment management sector, including the use of shareholder rights plans as an alternative to state control share statutes....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Vertrieb von geschlossenen Fonds – Zur Notwendigkeit von Widerrufsbelehrungen nach dem BGB

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Beim Vertrieb von Investmentfonds und der Ausgestaltung der Fondsdokumentation sind Hinweise auf Widerrufsrechte zu beachten. Dies gilt nicht nur bei Publikumsfonds, sondern auch bei Spezialfonds, falls diese an „Verbraucher“...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Proposes Protections for Closed-End Fund Investors

On May 5, 2022, Senate Bill 284 was introduced in the Delaware General Assembly proposing amendments to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (DSTA).1 These amendments include the addition of new Subchapter III — Control...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Closed-End Fund Activists Seeking Above-NAV ‘Liquidity Event’ Terms

On October 13, 2021, Templeton Global Income Fund (GIM) announced that its Board of Trustees (Board) approved an issuer tender offer for 70% of its issued and outstanding common shares at a price per share equal to 99% of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - December 2021

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments impacting the investment management sector, including proposed legislation supported by the Investment Company Institute to address challenges for closed-end funds; the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - June 2021

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments impacting the investment management sector, including updates on activism activity during the 2021 proxy season, as well as the status of multiple SEC and NYSE proposals,...more

Allen Matkins

Forming Your First Real Estate Fund

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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in seismic shifts to the real estate industry over the last year. Shifting preferences and governmental restrictions severely impacted retail, hospitality and commodity office asset classes....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Retrospective: 2020’s Second Half

In this issue, we provide a summary retrospective of regulatory, litigation and industry developments impacting the investment management sector during the second half of 2020, including SEC guidance and exemptive orders...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Adopts New Rule for Fund of Fund Arrangements

On October 7, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Rule 12d1-4 (Final Rule or Rule 12d1-4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) in an effort to streamline and enhance the regulatory...more

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SEC Adopts New Regulatory Framework For Fund-Of-Funds Arrangements

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On October 7, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted Rule 12d1-4 under (the "Rule") the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and related amendments designed to put in place a comprehensive...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: SEC Proposes Modified Disclosure Framework For Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more

Troutman Pepper

Investment Management Update - June 2020

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SEC Grants Additional COVID-19 Relief to Business Development Companies - On April 8, the SEC issued an order granting relief to business development companies (BDCs) by permitting BDCs to issue and sell senior securities...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Withdrawal of Prior SEC Staff Letter on Control Share Statutes Clears Way for Closed-End Funds

On May 27, 2020, the staff of the Division of Investment Management (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement regarding the intersection between state control share acquisition statutes...more

Dechert LLP

SEC IM Staff Changes Position on Control Share Acquisition Statutes – Implications for Closed-End Funds

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The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management (Staff) released a statement on May 27, 2020 (Statement), indicating that the Staff would not recommend enforcement against registered...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Newly Released SEC Statement Permits Closed-End Funds’ Reliance On Control Share Acquisition Statutes As Defensive Measure

On May 27, 2020, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) issued a new statement (the “Staff Statement”) addressing the intersection between state control share acquisition statutes and the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - January 2020

In this issue, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from October 2019 to early January 2020 impacting the investment management sector, including SEC action on use of derivatives by registered...more

K&L Gates LLP

Session III - Closed-End and Alternative Strategy Funds and BDCs: 2019 Boston Investment Management Conference

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WHY CLOSED-END FUNDS, ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FUNDS, AND BDCS? - Many advisers recommend alternative assets or alternative strategies and structures as part of an investor’s diversified investment portfolio - For...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - September 2019

In this issue, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from May to September 2019 impacting the investment management sector, including SEC action on standards of conduct for broker-dealers and...more

Dechert LLP

U.S. Treasury’s Benchmark TIC SHL Survey and Implications for Investment Managers

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In August 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) will conduct a benchmark survey of foreign residents’ holdings of U.S. issuers’ securities. The information will...more

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