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SEC Adopts Sweeping New Private Fund Adviser Rules

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On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), by a party-line vote of 3-2, adopted new rules applicable to investment advisers to private funds (“Private Fund Advisers”) that address transparency,...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

SEC Increases Oversight of Investment Advisers to Private Equity Funds and Hedge Funds with New Rules

SEC APPROVES NEW RULES IMPACTING INVESTMENT ADVISERS AND FUNDS - On Wednesday, August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 along party lines to approve new rules and rule amendments under the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Form PF

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted Amendments to Form PF (the Amendments) in a three-to-two vote on May 3, 2023, over a decade after Form PF’s initial adoption. SEC Chair Gary Gensler predicted that...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

What Plan Fiduciaries Should Know About SEC’s Final Form PF Amendments

On May 3, 2023, the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Form PF (the “Final Amendments”).  Plan fiduciaries that utilize private equity funds, and regulated entities that serve these plan sponsors,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Adopts Changes to Form PF for Private Equity and Large Hedge Fund Advisers

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On May 3, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in a 3-2 decision, adopted a final rule that modifies Form PF’s reporting requirements for certain registered investment advisers to private equity funds, hedge...more

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SEC Adopts Significant Amendments to Form PF

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On May 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted significant amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds. The final amendments will...more

King & Spalding

SEC Adopts Amendments to Form PF; Establishes Certain “Event Reporting” Requirements for Private Equity Advisers and Large Hedge...

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On May 3, 2023, the SEC adopted amendments to Form PF that will establish new event-reporting requirements for “private equity fund advisers” and “large hedge fund advisers”, and will require certain additional annual...more

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SEC Amends Form PF to Expand Hedge Fund and Private Equity Fund Disclosure

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 3, 2023 voted 3-2 to adopt amendments to Form PF that will impact the required reporting for certain SEC-registered investment advisers in the private fund industry (the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC adopts amendments to Form PF reporting for hedge fund and private equity fund advisers

On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted, on a 3-2 vote, amendments to Form PF requiring certain current event reporting for Large Hedge Fund Advisers (as defined below), certain quarterly...more

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New Form PF Current and Quarterly Event Reporting and Expanded Large Private Equity Fund Adviser Reporting Adopted By SEC

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On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted important amendments to Form PF, the systemic risk reporting form for private fund advisers registered with the SEC, that would require (i) new...more

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SEC Proposes Significant Amendments to Form PF and One-Business-Day Reporting Requirements

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On January 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to private fund reporting rules that would increase the information required to be reported to the SEC on Form PF and the frequency of...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Enhance Private Fund Reporting

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Private equity funds could find themselves with much greater logistical reporting burdens if the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed amendments to Form PF are finalized. Our Securities Group and Investment...more

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SEC Proposes Changes to Form PF for Private Equity and Large Hedge Fund Advisers

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Upon publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register, stakeholders will have a 30- day period in which to comment. On January 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a proposed rule that,...more

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How the Proposed Amendments to Form PF Would Affect Private Fund Sponsors

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On January 27th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed amendments to the Form PF that would (i) introduce new “current reports” for (a) “large hedge fund advisers” with respect to “qualifying hedge...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Form PF

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The Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2022 voted three-to-one to propose amendments to Form Private Fund (Form PF), a confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private...more

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OCIE Turns Up Heat on Private Fund Adviser Compliance

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On June 23, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued a risk alert providing an overview of certain compliance deficiencies observed in examinations of registered investment advisers managing private...more

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SEC Guidance for Private Fund Advisers

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On June 23, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert (Risk Alert) describing common deficiencies and compliance issues for...more

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Community Banks Set to be Excluded from the Volcker Rule

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Last week, federal regulators finalized a rule to exempt community banks from proprietary trading at banks. In addition, the revised rule will also allow certain hedge funds or private equity funds to share the same name or...more

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

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investment Management Update

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SEC Issues Guidance on Mutual Fund Fee Structure - The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management recently issued a guidance update addressing disclosure issues and certain procedural...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New California Law Requires Increased Private Fund Fee and Expense Disclosure

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Recent state legislative developments in California will require disclosure of certain information by private investment fund managers, primarily in the area of fees and expenses incurred by state and local pension and...more

Blank Rome LLP

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Enforcement Actions

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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

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SEC Staff Announces 2016 OCIE Examination Priorities

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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

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SEC Chair White Complains of Poor Hedge Fund and Private Equity Practices

SEC Chair Mary Jo White recently delivered pointed remarks to a conference attended by hedge fund and private equity advisors. One portion of her remarks was directed at operational risks of private funds, such as...more

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