The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act wiped out the exemption enjoyed by most private funds. I’m still waiting to see how the SEC will define a “venture capital fund manager.” In the meantime, the SEC has published its proposed rule defining a “family office” and its exemption from registration under the Investment … Read more »
Tag: Section 203(b)(3)
Final Text of the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010
There is a lot happening in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. (Yes, that appears to be the agreed upon name of the financial reform bill.) I’m most interested in its Title IV: Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010(.pdf). The act will remove the current exemption from SEC registration for … Read more »
Hedge Fund Adviser Registration Act of 2009
Congressmen Mike Capuano of Massachusetts and Mike Castle of Delaware introduced the Hedge Fund Adviser Registration Act of 2009 (H.R. 711). The Act, if passed, would delete Section 203(b)(3) from the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. This section of the Investment Advisers Act exempts from registration an investment adviser who has fewer than 15 clients … Read more »