- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Aaron Nicodemus2023-08-24T13:41:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) passed a sweeping set of rules for the $26 trillion private fund industry designed to increase transparency and competition but with provisions that address industry concerns about potential overreach.
The rules and amendments to the Investment Advisers Act, approved by the SEC in a 3-2 vote Wednesday, target certain practices in the private funds industry that “may impose significant risks and harms on investors and private funds,” according to an SEC fact sheet.
Those practices include conflicts of interest generated by the charging of certain fees and expenses (restricted activities rule), as well as preferential treatment offered to some fund investors—but not all—through the use of side letters (preferential treatment rule).
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2024-06-05T20:21:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
A federal appeals court struck down the Securities and Exchange Commission’s private fund adviser rule, agreeing with industry advocates that the agency overstepped its authority.
2023-09-18T13:45:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
A lawsuit filed by industry groups alleging the Securities and Exchange Commission overstepped its authority when it passed new rules for private fund advisers is unlikely to stop their implementation, according to experts.
2023-08-28T13:44:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Even though compliance dates for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new private fund rules are a year to 18 months away, compliance teams should start analyzing the impact now, according to experts.
2025-05-22T15:46:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged cryptocurrency company Unicoin, three top executives, and its general counsel with defrauding investors of $110 million by selling them bogus “rights certificates” in a future cryptocurrency coin.
2025-05-21T14:11:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins indicated he favors changing the agency’s requirement that only the wealthy can invest in so-called “closed-end” private equity funds and hedge funds.
2025-05-19T14:33:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has shuttered a special Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unit that focused on public corruption and whose legwork led to the special counsel investigation of President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
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