Doug Cornelius on compliance for private equity real estate
One of the more difficult aspects of a private equity fund when it registers as an investment adviser is dealing with the Rule 204A-1 requirement of monitoring employee trading. The SEC recently issued guidance on the applicability to managed accounts when there is no direct or indirect influence or control. The Guidance focuses on the … Read more »
As a compliance officer for a registered investment adviser, you need to verify transactions where the account has a “reportable security” to make sure your employees are not violating your insider trading policy. That means checking you employees’ securities accounts at least quarterly. You’re compelled by Rule 204A-1 (b)(2) to do this for access persons. … Read more »
With failure, comes learning. As a compliance officer, disciplinary actions against other compliance officers can be a road map showing me what not to do. Recently, the SEC charged affiliated firms and their former chief compliance officer with failing to have adequate policies and procedures to prevent misuse of nonpublic information. Section 204A and Rule … Read more »
As I wrote about yesterday on the code of ethics for an investment adviser, one of the requirements of registering with SEC as an investment adviser is implementing a code of ethics. The most involved part of the code is the extensive reporting requirement on securities activities to the chief compliance officer. Rule 204A-1 under … Read more »
With the upcoming requirement that advisers to many private investment funds must register with the SEC, I figured it was time to look at some of the requirements that registration will impose. Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act requires registered investment advisers to “establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed, taking … Read more »