Doug Cornelius on compliance for private equity real estate
We consider a challenge to the Final Rule by petitioners National Association of Private Fund Managers, Alternative Investment Management Association, Ltd., American Investment Council, Loan Syndications and Trading Association, Managed Funds Association, and the National Venture Capital Association collectively “Private Fund Managers”). For the following reasons, we VACATE the Final Rule. The central focus is … Read more »
At its open meeting on February 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission offered up a buffet of proposed regulations of private funds. It’s really an all-you-can eat buffet with six proposed changes across a variety of areas. The SEC wants private funds to send out quarterly statements to private fund investors. It doesn’t seem that … Read more »
I assume some compliance officers often get involved in their firm’s retirement plans. If so, you may want to take a look at a decision last week by the US Supreme Court: Hughes v. Northwestern University. The case is a lawsuit by employees of Northwestern against the school and trustees of the school’s retirement plans. This … Read more »
On January 27, the SEC’s Division of Examinations published a Risk Alert on the EXAMS staff Observations from Examinations of Private Fund Advisers. The Risk Alert is labeled as a follow up to the 2020 Observations from Examinations of Investment Advisers Managing Private Funds and the 2017 The Five Most Frequent Compliance Topics. The EXAMS … Read more »
Last week, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, made a speech at the Institutional Limited Partners Association Summit. The topic? (You can guess by the title.) Private Funds. In particular, potential new regulatory requirements around private fund. I think it’s time we take stock of the rapid growth and changes in this field, as … Read more »
The rule that the late Paul Volker wanted to impose on banks was to stop them from engaging in proprietary trading. If the government was going to provide a back stop, then the banks should not be engaged in risky trading behavior with the protection of the federal government. Although the Volker Rule sounds easy … Read more »
Dr. Christoph Jäckel, a Director of Montana Capital Partners AG, wades into the discussions about fund credit facilities with some new research he published in Private Funds CFO. His findings? A credit line increases IRR for most funds by only one percentage point. Of course, it’s a bit more complicated than that. The average in … Read more »
A mentioned two weeks ago that the Securities and Exchange Commission was looking at private fund managers who failed to Form PF. That is now official and the SEC announced enforcement actions against 13 private fund managers. The SEC’s orders are against: Bachrach Asset Management Inc. Biglari Capital LLC Brahma Management Ltd. Bristol Group Inc. … Read more »
Last week, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act became law, providing some revisions to Dodd-Frank and some new regulatory wrinkles. Some of those revisions apply to private funds. Section 203 exempts Banks and Bank Holding Companies with (1) $10 billion or less in total consolidated assets and (2) total trading assets and trading … Read more »
Dodd-Frank created a new legal definition for a “private fund” as pooled investment vehicles that are excluded from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 by section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of that Act. Under 3(c)(1), the main limitations are that you have one hundred or fewer holders of beneficial interest … Read more »