This past summer the IRS decided to halt issuing private letter rulings for investment companies that invest considerably in commodities. The companies seek the letters ...
This week the Commission "will consider whether to adopt" its proposed Form PF rule that would require hedge and other private fund advisers to report ...
The SEC's Division of Investment Management assured Morgan Stanley last week that it wouldn't recommend enforcement action if its investment advisory firm participated in an ...
There's wisdom in organizations creating a chief risk officer position and it may make sense for the CCO to wear this hat, too - but ...
We told you in July that - effective Sept. 19th - the SEC had hiked the thresholds for when advisers can charge performance-based fees (IA ...
If your firm sells private funds in Europe or acts as a subadviser to funds there, you'll want to know that the European Securities and ...
On Sept. 26th, FINRA rule 5131 - the anti-spinning rule - takes effect. While it's aimed at broker-dealers, compliance with it creates headaches for fund ...
It may turn out to be a lost decade for former venture capitalist Matthew Crisp, who faces Securities and Exchange Commission charges of exploiting conflicts ...
Some professionals in private equity fighting to repeal a rule in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law calling for most firms to register with the Securities ...
Douglas Lowenstein, who shepherded the Private Equity Growth Capital Council from its narrow origins representing some dozen mega-firms to a far more diverse organization, and ...