- 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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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.
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.
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.
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In striking down penalties against cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash for violating U.S. sanctions, a federal appeals court may have started to chip away at anti-money laundering regulations established by Democrats even before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
