Private Funds

The SEC's custody rule requires private fund advisers to use an accountant that is registered with and inspected by the PCAOB to conduct annual audits. ...

In yet another action inspired by Dodd-Frank, the SEC last week issued a proposed rule that would force institutional investment managers of funds with more ...

Ask and ye shall receive. The SEC requested industry comment on its proposed rule that would change the way target date funds are marketed (IA ...

This real-life scenario captures the challenges faced by money managers today, especially when overseeing several funds and owing a fiduciary duty to each. To simplify ...

Insider trading remains as hot as the summer sun, with regulator's standing watch like an earnest lifeguard. Your best protection is to issue disclosures, note ...

This is an article written by attorney Andrew Vollmer on steps hedge fund advisers can take to reduce the risk of insider trading. This article ...

Hedge fund managers may be watching their e-mail boxes with trepidation this week as the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission sends a survey seeking confidential data, ...

This is a copy of a proposed e-mail survey to hedge funds by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in April 2010. This is part of ...

Ken Willey may have "lived in a primitive wood cabin in a remote valley on the eastern edge" of a national forest 70 miles east ...

To keep pace with the growth of hedge and other private funds, the SEC could use the authority to oversee the industry via requirements that ...