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Great Fund Insights: Co-Investing 101: shared risk, shared reward

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A challenging fundraising environment, the rise in M&A activity and the capital requirements necessary to bridge funding gaps are key developments which have led fund managers to increase their offering of co-investment...more

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UK FCA’s Review of Valuation Processes for Private Market Assets — Key Findings and Implications for Private Equity and Private...

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On March 5, 2025, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released its much-anticipated findings from a multifirm review examining valuation processes for private market assets. This review, launched amid growing concerns...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Regulatory Priorities Spring Into Focus, April 2025 - The UK Regulator Sets Out Its Supervisory Priorities for the Asset...

On February 26, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote to Chief Executives in the asset management and alternatives sector to set out their current supervision priorities (the Portfolio Letter)....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FCA ‘Dear CEO’ Letter to the Asset Management and Alternatives Sector

In February 2025, Camille Blackburn, director at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), set out the FCA’s current supervisory priorities for the asset management and alternatives sector (Sector) in a “Dear CEO”...more

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SFC cautions deficiencies and misconduct in asset management practices

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On 9 October 2024, the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) issued a circular (the “Circular”) highlighting deficiencies and substandard conduct observed during its supervision of licensed corporations engaged in...more

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Ropes & Gray’s Investment Management Update October – November 2024

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The following summarizes recent legal developments of note affecting the mutual fund/investment management industry. On October 21, 2024, the SEC Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) published its annual Examination Priorities...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Conflicts of Interest: Recent UK Action

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has recently successfully applied to the Court of Appeal to uphold an earlier decision to impose requirements for redress in relation to conflicts of interest. This decision serves...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Latest SEC Document Request Lists: What Private Fund Managers Should be Worrying About

Many private fund managers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Fifth Circuit struck down the Private Fund Rules (check out our blog post for more information). Do not, however, assume the SEC will stop its aggressive...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Understanding ESG Ratings: Legal Insights & Perspectives

With environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles garnering increased attention in corporate circles in recent years, there has been an accompanying rise in demand for analytical products that evaluate companies’...more

Dechert LLP

CFTC Proposes Significant Disclosure Requirements with which CPOs and CTAs Operating under CFTC Rule 4.7 Will Have to Grapple

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) voted to announce proposed rule changes on October 2, 2023, that would significantly change the disclosure requirements applicable to registered commodity pool...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: June 1, 2023

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. ...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Ripples Following the SPAC Wave: Litigation and Regulatory Risks

It’s a pattern we often see in boom-and-bust cycles—disputes rising in the period after a wave crests. SPAC deal volume hit an unprecedented high in 2021, but then slowed down in 2022 alongside IPOs. However, the fallout from...more

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FCA Publishes Review of Asset Managers’ Implementation of MiFID II Product Governance Rules

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FCA found instances of non-compliance with the product governance rules which, in its view, increases the risk of investor harm. Background - On 26 February 2021, the FCA published a webpage setting out eight asset...more

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ESG Snapshot: Overview of the ESG Driven Amendments to AIFMD and the UCITS Directive

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What is the law/regulation? As part of a number of regulatory initiatives being implemented in the European Union, under its action plan for financing sustainable growth, proposed amendments to AIFMD  and the UCITS Directive...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Risk Alert Highlights on COVID-19-Related Compliance Risks and Considerations for Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers

- The OCIE of the SEC highlights that responses to COVID-19 present important regulatory and compliance issues for SEC registrants, including “heightened risks of misconduct” tied to recent market volatility. - The Risk...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

SEC Cracks Down on Pension Fund Advisers’ Undisclosed Compensation and Conflicts

In August 2020, the SEC issued two orders against VALIC Financial Advisors Inc. (VFA) related to VFA’s management of 403(b) and 457(b) plans. These matters arise out of two of the SEC’s enforcement initiatives, the Teachers...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – The ADV season

Form ADV update season is now upon us, and as many investment advisers work toward the quickly approaching filing deadline, they will also have to grapple with a regulatory environment that is putting even more pressure on...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – DOL: What’s ahead

Over the next year, the Department of Labor (DOL) will likely be issuing guidance in a number of areas that could impact asset managers and financial services companies. In this Bottom Line videocast, Carol McClarnon and...more

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SEC’s Enforcement Division Releases 2019 Annual Report: Asset Management Industry Enforcement Leads to Record Numbers

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The Enforcement Division (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Annual Report on November 6, 2019, summarizing the year’s enforcement activity. It was a record-setting year for the Division due to...more

Winstead PC

Trustee Compensation in Texas - Presentation

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Areas of Discussion: - In this Presentation, we will discuss the following: - Duty of loyalty; - Authority for trustee compensation; - Factors for reasonable compensation; - Other issues arising from trustee...more

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SEC Announces Results of Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative

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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on March 11, 2019 that it had settled charges against 79 investment advisers in connection with its Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative (SCSD Initiative). This...more

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Investment Services Regulatory Update - July 2018

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - PROPOSED RULES - SEC Proposes New Rule to Permit Certain ETFs to Operate Without an Exemptive Order - On June 28, 2018, the SEC issued a proposed new rule under the...more

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Investment Funds Update Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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FCA Reports on Hard to Value Assets Review - The FCA has reported on its 2017 review into how asset management firms value so-called ‘hard to value’ assets, consisting of a short video with transcript into the risks, the...more

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UK Authority Considers Competition Issues Arising From the Provision of Investment Consultancy Services and Fiduciary Management...

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The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has published the third in a series of working papers on specific aspects of its market investigation into the supply and acquisition of investment consultancy services and fiduciary...more

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In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2018 – The World of Financial Regulation as the UK Prepares to Exit the...

There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more

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