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Our Investment Funds Group examines how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has amended Regulation 4.7 to increase investor suitability standards and provide additional flexibility for funds-of-funds reporting....more
The “retailisation” of private funds has been one of the industry’s most significant trends in recent years, with fund managers seeking sources of capital beyond their usual institutional, professional and sophisticated...more
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
A global technology outage linked to the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike crashed Microsoft apps and triggered major disruptions across the asset management sector, along with other global industries. Private fund managers...more
On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). As a result, the use of certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more
In this episode, we’re joined by Caroline Cooley, managing partner and CIO for Crestline Summit Strategies. Caroline joined Crestline in 1998 and has since helped build the firm into a multi-strategy, multi-portfolio and...more
Every year compliance officers face the unenviable job of performing their compliance program's annual review under Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-7). An essential element of that review is updating the firm's compliance policies...more
This is the final post in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year... Politicians in Republican-led states have painted a target on environmental,...more
On April 5, 2024, after an eight-day trial, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California returned a verdict for the Securities and Exchange Commission in its first “shadow trading” case after...more
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
We would like to invite you again to our McDermott Deal Academy. This time, our online seminar will focus on the real estate asset class “data centers”. Our real estate and regulatory experts would like to discuss the...more
On 23 August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and rule amendments that will impose substantial regulation on the management and operation of private funds by investment advisers. The Guide to...more
Regulation around ESG investment in Ireland is evolving rapidly with developments from the Central Bank of Ireland, European Commission and ESMA building an increasingly sophisticated regulatory backdrop. Our summary of...more
In a speech at the Investment Association’s Annual Dinner on 11 October 2023, Ashley Alder, chair of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), expanded upon the FCA’s discussion paper, “Updating and Improving the UK Regime...more
This week on Private Market Talks, we welcome Bryan Corbett, a veteran of both Washington and Wall Street. As president and CEO of the Managed Funds Association, Bryan sits at the forefront of regulatory policy issues...more
On September 1, 2023, the Managed Funds Association and a group of private equity and hedge fund trade groups sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,...more
The NY Climate Week conference took place during the week of 18 September 2023, bringing together international leaders from business and governments. During the conference the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial...more
Fund documents usually stipulate a percentage (70% to 75%, in most cases), but the terms used in provisions can have a significant effect on what the percentage means in practice. Most fund managers operate multiple...more
With the recent entry into force of the law of 21 July 2023 (the Modernization Law) on 28 July 2023, Luxembourg significantly modernizes its investment fund toolbox by introducing several amendments to existing laws governing...more
On 6 June 2023, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published the findings of its review of liquidity management in asset managers (the “Review”). The FCA also published an accompanying “Dear CEO” letter (the...more
On 17 May 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued its Opinion on undue costs of UCITS and AIFs (the Opinion). BACKGROUND TO THE OPINION - The Opinion follows ESMA’s Common Supervisory Action (CSA)...more
Introduction and Summary - On 3 May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Form PF (the Amendments), the confidential reporting form required to be filed by certain SEC-registered private...more
The current regulatory requirements in Hong Kong with regards to managing funds that invest in "virtual assets" ("VA") can be summarized as follows – if an asset manager has a licence from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures...more