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SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Regulatory Roundup for May 2024

SEC DROPS NEW REQUIREMENT FOR INCIDENT RESPONSE PROGRAMS, PROPOSAL FOR RIAS TO ADOPT CIP, SEC EXAMS SHARES MARKETING RULE FAILURES, RIA SLAMMED FOR FAILING TO RETAIN TEXTS, AND SEC WINS ON SHADOW TRADING THEORY - Welcome to...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Top Tips for Updating Your 2024 Compliance Program

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - November 2023

...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more

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SEC Division of Examinations Publishes 2024 Examination Priorities

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On October 16, 2023, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published its annual Examination Priorities for 2024 (the “Exam Priorities”). Consistent with the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

RIA Regulatory Review - October 2023

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This RIA Regulatory Review highlights certain key regulatory developments affecting investment advisers. Please contact us with any questions on the topics covered below. The SEC Adopts Significant New Rules for Private...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC Issues Additional Guidance on Investment Adviser Examinations and Compliance With the Marketing Rule

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) routinely prepares Risk Alerts to provide helpful information to federally registered investment advisors (advisers). On June 8, the SEC released a Risk Alert that described...more

Goodwin

Practical Guide to the Application of the Marketing Rule to Private Fund Placement Agents

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This article focuses on how the new Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Marketing Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) affects the relationships between investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

SEC Announces Exam Priorities for 2022

On March 30, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Examinations released its exam priorities for fiscal year 2022 (the “2022 Priorities”). As in years past, these exam priorities naturally...more

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The SEC’s Recent Observations from Examinations into Private Fund Advisers

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In the last five years, the SEC observed a 70% increase in the value of private fund assets. More than 5,000 SEC-registered advisers currently manage approximately $18 trillion in private fund assets, according to the Risk...more

Holland & Knight LLP

EXAMS Publishes Risk Alert for Private Fund Advisers

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As a piggyback to our prior posts on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed amendments to Form PF (Jan. 21 blog and Jan. 26 blog), we now dig deeper into the Division of Examinations' (EXAMS)1 Jan. 27,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Identifies Additional Risk Areas from Examinations of Private Fund Advisers

On January 27, 2022, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) released a risk alert (the “Risk Alert”) outlining its observations regarding compliance issues uncovered by its staff in examinations of registered investment...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

[Webinar] The Future for Private Funds and Their Advisors – More Regulation; Less Private - February 23rd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

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Join Ulmer partner Howard M. Groedel as he discusses recent regulatory actions and what they portend for private funds and their advisors. Among other topics, Howard will address: - The primary take-aways from SEC...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC’s Division of Examination Risk Alert Highlights Additional Risk Areas for Private Funds

On January 27, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations (SEC Exams) issued a risk alert regarding private funds to “assist private fund advisers in reviewing and enhancing their...more

McGuireWoods LLP

SEC Focus on Private Fund Advisers Continues With the Publication of EXAMS Risk Alert

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On January 27, 2022, the Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a Risk Alert with its Observations from Examinations of Private Fund Advisers. This Risk Alert is...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The SEC’s Multipronged Focus on Advisory Fees—Implications for Private Fund Managers

Any doubts over whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers advisory fees to be a focus area for 2022 were dispelled over the past several weeks. In four separate public statements, the SEC and the Staff of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Charges 21 Advisers for Form CRS Failures – Impact on Private Fund Managers

On July 26, 2021, 21 investment advisers entered into settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve charges that they failed to timely file and deliver their relationship summaries on Form CRS. Penalties...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert Regarding ESG Investing

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The staff of the SEC’s Division of Examinations (Division) released a risk alert on April 9, 2021 (Risk Alert).1 The Risk Alert discusses the staff’s observations following its recent examinations of investment advisers, as...more

King & Spalding

Widening the Aperture Beyond Retail-Focused Advisers

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SEC Enforcement and Exams Likely to Focus More on Private Funds in the New Administration - For the next several weeks and months, intense focus will be trained on determining the priorities of the Biden administration. We...more

Dechert LLP

OCIE Publishes Risk Alert Regarding Recent Focus Areas in Private Fund Adviser Examinations

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The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (staff) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert on June 23, 2020 (Risk Alert). The Risk Alert focuses on advisers that...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Staff Observes Common Deficiencies in Examinations of Private Fund Advisers

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The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations issued a Risk Alert citing common deficiencies identified during examinations of investment advisers managing hedge funds and private equity funds, particularly...more

Vedder Price

Investment Services Regulatory Update - January 2020

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - PROPOSED RULES - SEC Proposes Amendments to Auditor Independence Rules - On December 30, 2019, the SEC proposed amendments to Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, which sets...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OCIE Issues Risk Alert on Principal and Agency Cross-Trading Compliance Issues

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert earlier this month from its national examination program warning investment advisers of the most common...more

BCLP

The Adviser: A Quarterly Update for Private Funds - November 2017

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For several years the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions (“SEC”) has focused its enforcement efforts on how private fund advisers allocate fees and expenses to their fund clients and the adequacy of their disclosures to...more

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