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The Pine Cliffs Resort hosted the FFA’s 2024 Global Leadership Summit this week where key players and leaders from across the industry gathered to discuss macroeconomic, geopolitical, policy, legal, regulatory and other...more
Patience is proving to be a virtue for a private equity industry that began 2024 sitting on more than 28,000 portfolio companies valued at more than $3 trillion, according to a report by Bain & Company, as average hold...more
Liquidity solutions are a topic du jour in fund finance. With bank balance sheets somewhat restricted by macroeconomic concerns and risk-weighted asset regulations, fund finance borrowers and lenders have sought creative ways...more
On 19 July 2024, the European Commission (the "Commission") adopted a delegated regulation and accompanying annexes containing its regulatory technical standards ("RTS") supplementing Regulation EU 2015/760, as amended by...more
In our previous alerts (here and here), we noted critical feedback that the European Commission (Commission) gave to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on its December 2023 draft Regulatory Technical...more
Background - On 19 July 2024, the European Commission published final regulatory technical standards (the “RTS”) in respect of Regulation EU/2023/606 relating to the European long-term investment fund (“ELTIF 2.0”). This...more
As private equity (PE) firms and financial sponsors of all varieties look for ways to generate liquidity in today’s economic climate, partial exits are becoming a tool that some firms leverage to provide returns to investors....more
The challenges facing financial sponsors in the past couple of years have been widely discussed. Their funds have amassed over $1 trillion in dry powder that they are competing to deploy in a weak exit market....more
On 7 May 2024, ESMA published its call for evidence ("CfE") on the review of the Commission Directive (2007/16/EC) on UCITS Eligible Assets ("EAD"). The CfE follows the formal request from the European Commission (the...more
Hedge Start: Key Hedge Fund Terms - One of the first decisions faced by a new hedge fund manager is what terms to offer. The key terms to consider are liquidity terms (the terms of permitted redemptions or withdrawals...more
NAV loans are getting constant coverage in the press now. For those of us that spent years trying to direct focus to the potential of NAV lending, this is a welcome development. Admittedly, not all of the coverage is...more
On 29 February 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") published a new Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report outlining the key trends and risks which the Central Bank has identified as moulding the financial...more
Two recent bankruptcy court decisions reflect a split of authority on subchapter V eligibility. In re Macedon Consulting Inc. finds that all future amounts due under an unexpired lease qualify as “noncontingent and...more
Following the financial crisis of 2007-2009 and congressional investigations into the securitization market, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 prohibited securitization participants from...more
More than 1,800 industry players attended the 13th annual Global Fund Finance Symposium that wrapped up yesterday afternoon at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. There was a lot to talk about in terms of market evolution...more
As part of a recent rulemaking, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or "SEC") adopted Rule 3a5-4 to include certain liquidity providers within the meaning of the phrase "as a part of a regular business" in...more
Deals require more transactional, advisory, and regulatory experience in the increasingly complex continuation vehicle market. As the GP-led secondary market continues to evolve and reacts to new SEC rules and growing...more
Though more commonly associated with publicly listed companies, tender offer rules and regulations apply to private company transactions as well. Tender offers provide a mechanism for a prospective investor, or the company...more
"Fund managers will continue to innovate and be creative in how they address challenges in the market. For example, fund and portfolio level restructurings will progress at a steady pace to address limitations on exit...more
ESMA has submitted its proposals for RTS supplementing ELTIF 2.0 to the European Commission - The RTS detail stringent conditions on liquidity and redemption provisions including in principle maximum quarterly redemption...more
On 19 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published its final report setting out its draft regulatory technical standards (the “Draft RTS”) on Regulation (EU) 2023/606 (the “ELTIF 2...more
On 19 December 2023, in a very welcome development the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published its final report setting out the draft Regulatory Technical Standards ("RTS") under the European Long-Term...more
What Is the Difference? On August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules (and amendments to existing rules) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) that enforce the SEC’s...more
On October 30, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting broker-dealers exemptive relief from Rule 15c2-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for fixed-income securities sold in...more
On July 13, 2023, the Court ruled in partial favor of Ripple Labs Inc.’s argument that many of its XRP sales did not violate investor-protection laws. The ruling has sent the crypto world ablaze with speculation on the future...more