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CrowdStrike Outage and its Form PF Implications

Seward & Kissel LLP on 7/22/2024

In May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds, requiring, among other things,...more

Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2024

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 3/19/2024

To understand the litigation and regulatory risks that are coming in 2024 for private capital, it is helpful to look back briefly on recent events. Arguably, the single most important event over the last 18 months was the...more

Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - September 2022

Dechert LLP on 9/22/2022

This latest edition of the regulatory initiatives paper sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact private fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed...more

[Webcast Transcript] From Strategy to Tactics: Data Remediation at Private Equity and Hedge Funds

HaystackID on 4/29/2022

On April 20, HaystackID shared an educational webcast developed to discuss best practices for handling big data and provide tangible field-experienced methods for data remediation. These best practices can be implemented at...more

[Webcast] From Strategy to Tactics: Data Remediation at Private Equity and Hedge Funds

HaystackID on 4/14/2022

HaystackID Educational Webcast The SEC recently proposed significant changes for PE reporting requirements. Whether these amendments are adopted or not, one thing is for sure; all alternative investment organizations are on...more

SEC Proposed Rule Will Require Private Funds to Report Certain Cyber Events

Alston & Bird on 2/1/2022

On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance hedge fund and private fund disclosure requirements and increase regulators’ visibility into the private funds industry....more

Key Takeaways from Recent Cyberattack Resulting in Demise of Hedge Fund

Baker Donelson on 2/25/2021

We've all heard a lot about cybersecurity risks and how cyberattacks have dramatically increased since COVID-19 changed our daily work environments. A recent attack has resulted in the demise of a hedge fund and illustrates...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - March 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/9/2020

Massive New Bipartisan Senate Energy Legislative Package Could See Vote as Early as Next Week - "The 555 page legislative package combines almost all the 50 energy bills that were reported to the Senate in 2019, and is...more

Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Data Privacy and Security

Troutman Pepper on 1/10/2020

Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Private Fund Services Practice Group, hosts a series of candid, interactive webinar discussions for West LegalEdcenter on what is going on...more

Investment Management Update

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/12/2018

Here in is a summary of recent investment management developments that affect registered investment companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and others in the investment management industry....more

Podcast: Akin Gump Post-Funds Conference Report

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/14/2018

In this episode, Akin Gump investment management partners Kelli Moll and Stephen Vine report on the firm’s recent New York Private Investment Funds Conference, the topics covered from the dais and the hot topics going into...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/9/2018

Google has announced plans to shutter Google Plus, its “floundering answer to Facebook,” following the discovery of a security vulnerability that “exposed the private data of up to 500,000 users of the service.” Google...more

Big Data and the Risks of Insider Trading

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/20/2018

In the perennial quest for alpha, investment managers have turned increasingly to big and alternative data for market insights. The most prominent consumers of this data on Wall Street are managers of ‘‘quant’’ funds, which...more

Family Offices Market Intelligence: Developments in Family Offices - Q4 2017

Benesch on 1/29/2018

Family Offices Flourish Around the World - In some sense, family offices have always been around. They were present back in medieval times in England and hundreds of years ago during major dynasties in China—it was just...more

Investment Management Special Report - 2017-18 Compliance Developments & Calendar for Private Fund Advisers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/12/2017

Introduction - Despite an anticipated de-regulatory push, there are significant new regulatory concerns for investment advisers to address in connection with their annual review of their compliance manuals. ...more

Follow the Money and Beware the Extra “L”: First Department Sustains Claims against Fund Administrator After Hackers Grab Millions

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 7/28/2017

A legal feud is underway between the world’s biggest hedge fund administrator and a former client over an email scam that resulted in hackers stealing millions in client funds. And not surprisingly, the time-honored...more

Cybersecurity 2017: Top Exam Priorities for Federal Securities Regulators

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/13/2017

Hedge funds and broker dealers can expect their cybersecurity preparedness to come under scrutiny again this year by federal securities regulators....more

2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/16/2016

This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Enforcement Actions

Blank Rome LLP on 7/5/2016

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Hosts National Compliance Outreach Seminar for Investment Companies and Investment Advisers In April 2016, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”), the...more

Fund Manager Annual Update

Mintz on 3/1/2016

The SEC brought a record number of enforcement actions against investment advisers in 2015, resulting in approximately $4.2 billion in sanctions.1 This alert highlights current issues for private equity, venture capital and...more

Your daily dose of financial news The Brief – 2.8.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/8/2016

Friday’s jobs report was disappointing as compared to the month earlier, but it contained news of a half a percentage point increase in average hourly earnings that pleased some economists who have been worrying about...more

Hedge Fund Standards Board Publishes Findings From First Cyber-Attack Simulation

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/3/2016

On January 21, the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) released the results of its first cyber-attack simulation (via a press release dated January 19)....more

SEC Staff Announces 2016 OCIE Examination Priorities

Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/15/2016

On January 11, 2016, the staff of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its annual announcement on examination priorities in the coming calendar...more

2015 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge, Private Equity and Other Private Funds

Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/25/2015

Proskauer has released the 2015 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge, Private Equity and Other Private Funds. The 88-page report is a summary of significant legal changes and developments in the private funds space...more

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

Dechert LLP on 10/20/2015

FCA MiFID II Roundtable Notes Delays in Consultation Timetable - The FCA published minutes of its MiFID II implementation roundtable meeting of 14 September 2015 on 25 September 2015. These included the following...more

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