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On 12 November, Sweden which currently holds the presidency of the European Union, put forward a compromise draft of the controversial Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive which is intended to regulate European private equity and hedge fund managers.

The following Annual Review is a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year and certain recommended practices that investment advisers/investment managers to private funds should consider in 2025.

There comes a time when just about every reasonably successful startup gets an exit opportunity.

On January 10, 2023, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA") released its 2023 Report on FINRA's Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the "Report...

Many entrepreneurs do not consider implementing a global marketing strategy early on in their companies lifecycle.

The report builds upon an interpretative bulletin released by the U.S. Department of Labor in October 2015.

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in a vote on August 23, 2023, adopted several new rules that apply primarily to investment advisers to private funds (for purposes of this note, the "New Rules").

Consumer advocates had hoped the SEC would eliminate the distinction between the duties owed by RIAs and broker-dealers by establishing an across-the-board fiduciary standard covering both.

Our affiliate Eisenhandler & Co. is in the process of gathering the latest compensation data for the Alternative Investment Manager Industry utilizing their MarketLook Compensation Survey platform.

Recently, blind pool bank investment funds have become the latest structure to attract interest among investors looking for investment opportunities in financial institutions.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (Reform Act) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 2010.

A panel of government regulators, academics and industry participants told a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that no further regulation of hedge funds is needed.

On November 4, the Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives approved H.R. 3817, the Investor Protection Act of 2009, by a vote of 4128.

Continuing its focus on Regulation FD, the SEC filed an action in early March against Presstek, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of high-technology digital imaging equipment, and its former CEO, Edward J. Marino.

Dechert serves as lead sponsor of the fifth annual DealCatalyst/LSTA U.S. Private Credit Industry Conference on Direct Lending in Nashville, Tennessee.

We recently approached the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) on behalf of a number of our Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) clients seeking clarification as to the application of Rule 415(a)(1)(iv).

The United States Treasury yesterday took bold action to make billions of dollars available to banks and thrifts that want or need to bolster their capital ratios.