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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Settlement Reflects Continued Scrutiny Regarding MNPI, Advertisements and Investor Communications

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On December 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement with a registered investment adviser, OEP Capital Advisors, L.P. (OEP). The settlement found that OEP had failed (a) to maintain...more

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SEC Adopts New Rules For Private Fund Advisers

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On August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) formally adopted new rules and amendments (collectively, the “Final Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), that...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Form PF for Registered Investment Advisers to Private Funds

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On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Form PF, the confidential form by which certain SEC-registered investment advisers report information pertaining to the private funds...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Selling Your Business? Careful of Pre-Sale Contributions of Stock to Charity

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Charitable Giving Update- According to a recent report on charitable giving, the number of donors at every level of giving dropped during the first three quarters of 2022. The number of new donors was down by over 19...more

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SEC and CFTC Agree on a Single Definition of “Digital Asset” – More is Needed: Moore & Van Allen

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) jointly proposed a rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would impact existing confidential reporting...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Private Equity: Private No More?

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On February 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed new rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“IAA”) to regulate advisers to private funds. One set of the proposed rules is intended to...more

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SEC Proposes Sweeping New and Amended Rules under Advisers Act to Overhaul Private Fund Industry

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In the span of two weeks, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rules that would significantly overhaul the regulation of the private fund industry. Specifically, on January 26, the SEC issued proposed...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Fund Adviser Exemptions Primer– Redux

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I never find it boring to review the investment adviser exemptions for private fund managers. Apparently, I am not the only one since this is a question we frequently field. Initially, private fund manager investment...more

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Private Equity Adviser Settles with SEC for Misallocation of Internal Expenses Relating to “Third-Party Tasks”

The SEC issued an order imposing sanctions against private equity adviser Rialto Capital Management, LLC (“Rialto”) for violations of the Advisors Act relating to expense allocation. The settlement addressed Rialto’s...more

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SEC Prepping For A New Round Of Attacks On Fund Advisers

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The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) conducted a series of examinations into private fund advisers. See https://www.sec.gov/files/Private%20Fund%20Risk%20Alert_0.pdf. To say the least, OCIE was...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Private Equity Fund Managers: Annual Compliance Reminders and New Developments

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Summary of private equity firms’ compliance obligations, discussion of notable developments in 2015 and outlook for 2016. US federal laws and regulations, as well as the rules of self-regulatory organizations (SROs),...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

2015 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge, Private Equity and Other Private Funds

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Proskauer has released the 2015 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge, Private Equity and Other Private Funds. The 88-page report is a summary of significant legal changes and developments in the private funds space...more

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