Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa is looking to expand the registration requirements of the Investment Advisers Act. According to Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities Regulation, the Senator Will Reintroduce in 111th Congress Bill Requiring SEC Registration of Hedge Fund Advisers. The Washington Post story has Senator’s Grassley’s statement coming out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing: Fund Chiefs Back Oversight.
The SEC issued a rule in 2004 to try to expand the registration requirement under the Investment Advisers Act by defining client to mean each of the limited partners in a private investment fund, not just the fund itself. That rule was overturned by Goldstein v. SEC which found the rule to be broader than what was authorized under the Investment Advisers Act.
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