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Q&A with Alan Harter, Founder of Pactolus Private Wealth Management

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Alan Harter is the founder and CEO of Pactolus, a platform dedicated to knowledge-sharing and bespoke solutions tailored for discerning entrepreneurs and their high-net-worth families. Founded in 2011, Pactolus is dedicated...more

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Seward & Kissel Releases 2023 Established Manager Hedge Fund Study

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The 2023 Seward & Kissel Established Manager Hedge Fund Study (the “Study”) focuses on those Seward & Kissel investment manager clients that have been in business for at least 5 years and manage greater than $1 billion in...more

K&L Gates LLP

Checked Swing—SEC Does Not Adopt "Swing Pricing" or a "Hard Close" for Now, but Only Provides Liquidity Guidance and Amendments to...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 28 August, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to reporting forms for registered investment companies (funds) that will (1) require funds to file monthly (rather than...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FDIC Proposes Broader Role Under the Change in Bank Control Act

On July 30, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would expand the FDIC’s role under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 (CBCA). The NPR seeks, in part, to...more

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

Alabama Private Fund Advisers: Time to Become Less Private

The Alabama Securities Commission recently issued an Order exempting Alabama based investment advisers to “private funds” from the requirement to register as investment advisers with the ASC....more

K&L Gates LLP

FDIC Proposes Expanding Change in Bank Control Act Reviews Aimed at Asset Managers

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Executive Summary - Last month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors (FDIC Board) proposed an amendment to its regulations under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 (CBCA). Driven by the...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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - July 2024 #2

In this week’s U.S.-focused edition, we look at the world’s largest asset manager’s updated voting guidelines which seek to strike a balance amidst the fraught political rhetoric surrounding sustainable investment. The...more

K&L Gates LLP

Global Survey of ESG Regulations for Asset Managers - ESG and the Sustainable Economy Handbook

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INTRODUCTION - Asset managers (i.e., investment advisers) offering funds in more than one country are accustomed to adapting to different regulatory requirements. However, the challenges presented by the global regulation...more

Alston & Bird

CFTC Commissioner Warns That CCOs May Face Personal Liability

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Our Investment Funds Group reviews the implications of a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) policy targeting chief compliance officers (CCOs) as individuals if their companies’ compliance programs fail....more

A&O Shearman

Great Fund Insights: ESMA Guidelines on funds’ names: Tell me your fund name, I’ll tell you your fund strategy

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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

Mayer Brown

The Pensions Brief: June 2024

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Issues affecting all schemes - General Election – impact on pensions - The General Election resulted in a landslide victory for the Labour Party. While no pensions-related announcements have been made since the election by...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Regulatory Roundup for June 2024

Private Fund Rules Cancelled, Survey Says Marketing Rule is a Lot of Work and the Intersection of Regulation BI and Investment Adviser’s Fiduciary Duty - Welcome to our June Regulatory Roundup, where we provide you with a...more

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A Pop Culture Guide to the Final Amendments to the QPAM Exemption Taking Effect on June 17, 2024

The DOL recently finalized amendments to the QPAM exemption that will considerably alter the exemption’s conditions effective as of June 17, 2024 (for a detailed summary of the changes, please see our post here). There are a...more

Mayer Brown

Crypto Asset Management: Expansion Roadmap for Managers and Investors (Part 1)

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Asset managers who invest in crypto assets are expanding their footprint as managers of capital for investors. Investors are increasingly seeking out asset managers that have expertise in crypto assets. Likewise, crypto asset...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Emerging Trends in Asset Management

Speaking at the recent conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management hosted by the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, the Director the Division of Investment Management Natasha Vij Greiner cited a number of...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Q&A: Trends in European Venture Capital Fundraising

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Over the last decade, there has been a remarkable growth in European venture capital fundraising, underlining investors’ increasing appetite for innovation and entrepreneurial investments in Europe. While we are witnessing a...more

Foley Hoag LLP

QPAM Amendment – Action Required by Investment Managers

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The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has amended the qualified professional asset manager (“QPAM”) class prohibited transaction exemption 84-14 (“QPAM Exemption”), effective as of June 17, 2024 (“QPAM Amendment”)....more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Regulation and Compliance in the Alternative Asset Space

As the SEC has issued a number of final or proposed rules affecting broadly the conduct of broker dealers and investment advisers in the past few years, I have received a lot of questions about new compliance concerns....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FCA’s Consultation Paper

Since 3 January 2018, firms that provide portfolio management or investment advice on an independent basis must pay for the research they obtain, either by absorbing the cost of the research themselves or by passing on that...more

Alston & Bird

Major Changes Coming to the Qualified Professional Asset Manager Exemption

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Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation and Investment Funds Teams break down the increased compliance requirements – and compliance costs – qualified professional asset managers (QPAMs) face under the Department of...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Tax Round Up - March 2024

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Welcome to March’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting cases covering a range of issues, from the deductibility of costs against employment income to the place of effective management...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Thinking Different in Direct Lending with Hayfin’s Tim Flynn

On this episode of Private Market Talks, we’re joined by Tim Flynn, Co-Founder and CEO of Hayfin, an alternative asset manager that has invested €35 billion of capital across more than 470 portfolio companies since its...more

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Trustee's Duty and Anti-Bartlett Clauses - The Ivanishvilli Redux

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Just when trustees are feeling safe to go back into the water after the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal spoke in Zhang Hong Li v. DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd [2019] along comes Ivanishvilli v. Credit Suisse Trust Ltd [2023]...more

Mayer Brown

United States: The Long Read - Lifetime Income Products in CITs on the Rise

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As recently noted by the US Department of Labor (“DOL”), since the passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), “the retirement plan landscape has changed significantly, with a shift from defined...more

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