Recently, the Director of the SEC Office of Compliance
Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), Carlo V. di Florio, addressed
the Private Equity International Private Fund
Compliance Forum on the following topics:
Data Profile of New Registrants
Di Florio reported that as of March 30, 2012, there were
approximately 4,000 investment advisers managing one or more
private funds registered with the SEC. 32% of all registered
advisers reported that they advise at least one private fund and 7%
of registered private fund advisers are domiciled in a foreign
country. Registered private advisers reported that they advise
nearly 31,000 private funds with total assets of $8 trillion. Of
the 50 largest hedge fund advisers in the world, 48 are now
registered with the SEC and fourteen of those are new registrants.
Of the 50 largest private equity funds in the world, 37 are now
registered with the SEC and 18 of those are new registrants.
