Finally, the SEC is going to take some action today on the regulation of investment advisers, venture capital funds, and private fund managers.
For years, they’ve been trying to get regulatory control of private funds. Now they are going to get it.
Do they really want it?
Sometimes what you want to do is not a good a choice. As a case in point, I give you a kitten crawling inside a hamster ball.
Sure it’s cute. But you end up with a pissed-off kitten.
The Open Meeting for June 22 is all about the Investment Advisers Act.
Agenda:
Item 1: The Commission will consider whether to adopt new rules and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These rules and rule amendments are designed to give effect to provisions of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act that, among other things, increase the statutory threshold for registration of investment advisers with the Commission, require advisers to hedge funds and other private funds to register with the Commission, and address reporting by certain investment advisers that are exempt from registration.
Item 2: The Commission will consider whether to adopt rules that would implement new exemptions from the registration requirements of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 for advisers to venture capital funds and advisers with less than $150 million in private fund assets under management in the United States. These exemptions were enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The new rules also would clarify the meaning of certain terms included in a new exemption for foreign private advisers.
Item 3: The Commission will consider whether to adopt a rule defining “family offices” that will be excluded from the definition of an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
The word I’ve heard is that the July 21, 2011 deadline will be extended to March 31, 2012.