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New Accredited Investor Definition

July 30, 2010

Fund Managers Should Amend Subscription Documents The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Act”) immediately changed the definition of accredited investor. Prior to the enactment of the Act, an accredited investor could use the value of their primary residence to compute the $1,000,000 net worth requirement. Now, investors may not use the value [...]

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Obama Signs Historic Wall Street Reform Bill

July 24, 2010

Requires Hedge Fund and Private Equity Fund Managers to Register with SEC As expected President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Act”) on Wednesday July 24, 2010.  The Act was designed to address many of the issues that led to the financial crisis of 2008 and is being hailed as [...]

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Hedge Fund Court Case | SCERS v. Epsilon Global

July 1, 2010

www.hedgefundlawblog.com Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington came down with a ruling primarily addressing two issues for hedge fund managers: (1) providing investors with timely annual reports and financial statements and (2) delayed redemptions that could bar the management company from charging management fees (see Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System v. [...]

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Massachusetts Hedge Fund Exemption

June 30, 2010

Exclusion From Definition of Investment Adviser Generally Massachusetts will require hedge fund managers with a place of business in Massachusetts to register as an investment adviser with the Massachusetts Securities Division.  However, there is an exemption from registration for some hedge fund managers located in Massachusetts.  [Note: to be more accurate, the “exemption” really is [...]

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Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

June 26, 2010

Financial Reform Bill Overview & Hedge Fund Registration Requirement Well over a year after Lehman and Madoff, Congress has finally drafted a single financial reform bill which will be voted on by the House and Senate before being signed by President Obama.  Below we have reprinted an overview of the major provisions of the act. [...]

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Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010

May 23, 2010

Full Text of PFIARA of 2010 (requiring Hedge Fund Registration) The following is the full text of the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010 which was part of the recently passed Senate financial regulation bill.  The central part of this act eliminates the Section 203(b)(3) exemption for registration for hedge fund managers (see Section [...]

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Qualified Eligible Person (QEP) Definition

December 24, 2009

The securities laws can be written obtusely and the definition of a qualified eligible person (QEP) may be one of the best examples of this.  There is no quick and easy definition of a what a QEP is so we are trying to make it as easy as possible to understand.  This post discusses the [...]

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CPO Reporting Requirements | Commodity Pool Operator Compliance

November 20, 2009

CFTC Regulation 4.22 Overview CFTC registered commodity pool operators have a number of regulatory and compliance issues to be aware of.  In addition to a having a compliance program which addresses the business and regulatory issues applicable to the manager, one of the more important compliance requirements is found in CFTC Regulation 4.22 which provides [...]

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CFTC Amends CPO Reporting Regulations

November 19, 2009

CFTC Regulation 4.22 Amended Earlier this year the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) proposed amendments to certain Part 4 Regulations.  Last week, after a lengthy comment and revision period, the CFTC published the amendments in the Federal Register.  The effective date of the amendments is December 9, 2009 and will apply to commodity pool annual [...]

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Hedge Fund Manager Registration to Cost Taxpayers $140 Million (at least)

November 17, 2009

CBO Calculates Cost of House Hedge Fund Bill This past week the Congressional Budge Office (“CBO”) released a cost estimate of H.R. 3818, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009.  In a number of private conversations I have had about hedge fund registration over the last 9-12 months one of the issues that [...]

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