Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – The ADV season
For most investment advisers, March signals the beginning of Form ADV season, where compliance officers gather all kinds of firm data to update a document fraught with potential regulatory liability. For the uninitiated, Form...more
As a reminder, each registered investment adviser must file an annual updating amendment to its Form ADV within 90 days of its fiscal year end. This means an adviser with a December 31 fiscal year end will be required to file...more
Relief Related to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") extended the time period for filing relief for Form ADV and Form PF. The Order extends the following...more
In an Order dated March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission offered an exemption to investment advisers that are confronting COVID-19-related disruptions with respect to certain filing obligations. The Order...more
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the following updates to its March 4, 2020 order addressing guidance to public companies, investment funds and investment advisers concerning COVID-19....more
On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the release of new orders superseding and extending the relief periods provided in its respective previous orders relevant to publiclytraded companies...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13 announced temporary regulatory relief for registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers as well as for registered funds, registered unit investment trusts,...more
As a result of the current and potential effects of COVID-19, the SEC has relaxed certain requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and rules under the Acts....more
All registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers (“Advisers”), need to file the annual Form ADV amendment within 90 days of the firm’s fiscal year-end (by March 30, 2020 for those with a December 31, 2019...more
Investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or with a state (“Advisers”) as well as commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) and commodity trading advisors (“CTAs”) registered with the...more
In a long-awaited move, the SEC released amendments to Form ADV, the uniform form used by investment advisers to register with, or report to, the SEC and state securities authorities. The changes are effective for filings...more
Currently pending amendments to Form ADV have a compliance date of October 1, 2017 and, as of that date, an adviser filing an initial Form ADV or an amendment to an existing Form ADV must use the revised Form ADV. In an...more
OCIE Highlights Frequent Topics for Compliance Deficiencies for Investment Advisers - On Feb. 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) published...more
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
Proposals made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2015 to amend Form ADV and certain rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) (SEC Proposes Significant Reporting Requirement Amendments to...more
On August 25, 2016, the SEC adopted Release No. IA-4509 (the “New Rule” or the “amendments”) that amends Form ADV to increase the amount of information that registered investment advisors (“Advisors”) must disclose to the...more
The SEC has adopted final rules requiring investment advisers to provide additional information on Form ADV and other matters. The final rules: - require information about an investment adviser’s separately managed...more
The current environment for early-stage investing with emerging managers reflects an increasing number and variety of early-stage investments firms, an increasing pool of talented emerging managers, and a growing number and...more
Investment Advisers - Annual Compliance Reviews: All investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are required to review their compliance policies and procedures at least...more