On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have once again delayed the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF, moving it to October 1, 2025....more
On June 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to extend the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF that were adopted on February 8, 2024. The compliance date for these amendments, which was...more
On June 11th, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), together with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) further extended the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF (the “Form PF...more
On June 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted to extend the compliance date of the Form PF amendments that were adopted in February 2024 again from June 12, 2025...more
Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to extend the compliance date for rule amendments that expand the reporting requirements for private fund managers. The Form PF amendments were adopted on February...more
On June 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to extend the compliance date for the most recently adopted amendments to Form PF by approximately four months, to October 1, 2025....more
With less than a day to go before the 12 June 2025 compliance date for the SEC and CFTC’s jointly adopted amendments to Form PF, the SEC, together with the CFTC, voted today to further extend the compliance date for the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Form PF on February 8, 2024. The compliance date for these amendments, which was originally March 12, 2025, was extended to June 12, 2025 (the...more
On March 19, the SEC issued updates to its FAQs regarding compliance with Rule 206(4)-1 of the Advisers Act (the Marketing Rule) addressing (i) when gross and net performance are required for certain “extracted” performance,...more
The new year always marks the start of a busy regulatory filing season for registered investment advisers, including investment advisers that file Form PF (“Form PF Filers”). This year could be especially challenging since,...more
On February 8, 2024, the SEC adopted its third set of amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds. The amendments specifically affect Sections 1 and 2...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have extended the compliance deadline for the amendments to Form PF, moving it from March 12, 2025 to June 12, 2025....more
Trump Picks New SEC Head, SEC Enforcement Starts Strong in 2025, and Latest Lessons from EXAMS: Details Matter and Duty of Care Fails - Welcome to our January 2025 Regulatory Roundup, where we provide practical advice on the...more
On January 29, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (together, the “Agencies”) jointly announced that the compliance date for the new Form PF would be extended by three...more
As we look back on the SEC’s actions in 2024, we wanted to share our thoughts on lessons learned that we believe will carry through to 2025....more
On November 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its examination priorities for 2025. The release offers critical insights into the areas that the SEC will focus on....more
On 7 November 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Divisions of Examinations, Investment Management, and Enforcement hosted a virtual panel on compliance and enforcement topics as part of its broader...more
On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued its annual examination priorities for fiscal year 2025. As with its 2024 examination...more
The CrowdStrike computer failures that swept the globe on Friday, July 18, 2024, and persisted through the weekend may have impacted fund advisers relying on the Windows system, possibly triggering an “operations event” that...more
In February 2024, the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted major amendments to Form PF to provide greater transparency into the operations and strategies of private funds, and to assist the...more
On February 8, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC and, together with the SEC, the Commissions) voted to adopt amendments to Form PF1 that will impact the...more
Investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or with a state as well as commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) and commodity trading advisers (“CTAs”) registered with the U.S. Commodity...more
At an industry event in early 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) Chairman Rostin Behnam set out a comprehensive agenda to include nearly three dozen rulemaking proposals as well as “business...more
In early February 2024, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced new disclosure rules. These rules will apply to hedge funds and to managers of other private...more
2023 was a watershed year for the private fund industry, not only because the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a package of new regulations that will substantially alter the private fund landscape (subject...more