Private Funds

It's been a long road to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive in the E.U. but a big brick has been laid with news that ...

This SEC document request letter went to a hedge fund adviser within the Chicago Regional Office of the SEC.

This is a copy of an SEC document request letter that went to a hedge fund adviser. This originated in the SEC's Chicago Regional Office.

This is an SEC document request letter that went to a hedge fund adviser. This came out of the Chicago Regional Office.

The anticipated approval of a rule eliminating the prohibition on the general solicitation of private funds is already creating jobs - for entrepreneurs who envision ...

Last month we warned private fund advisers that the SEC might question whether you should register as a broker-dealer (IA Watch, March 18, 2013). Now ...

Nearly one in three respondents to a recent hedge fund survey fear that they would be retaliated against if they reported wrongdoing internally. Close to ...

It's been reported that SEC examiners are asking tough questions about expenses charged to investors by hedge and private equity fund advisers. Sources tells us ...

It's gone on for years and continues today. A hedge fund client asks you to manage a side-by-side separately managed account. Know that if you ...

Our story last week on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFM), the EU's new coming regulatory regime for private fund advisers, noted the directive ...