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31 May

NASAA Takes Sides on Proposed Hedge Fund Legislation

Endorses House Bill Over the Grassley-Levin Hedge Fund Bill Last week the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced its support of the Hedge Fund Adviser Registration Act of 2009, a house bill introduced earlier this year by Representatives Capuano and Castle.  The Hedge Fund Adviser Registration Act is one [...]

27 January

Hedge Fund Registration Becoming More Likely

SEC Commissioner Calls for Hedge Fund Registration in Two Recent Speeches In two separate speeches this year SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar has called for hedge fund registration.  Commissioner Aguilar, appointed to the Commission last year, asked Congress to pass legislation amending the Investment Advisors Act to give the SEC [...]

14 January
Posted in hedge fund tax

Hedge Fund Taxation – Law School Professor Perspective

Overview of Hedge Fund Taxation The following is a reprint of the Joseph Bankman’s testimony before Congress.  Mr. Bankman is a professor at Stanford Law School.  While the testimony has a bias against the current hedge fund taxation structure, it provides a great overview of hedge fund tax issue, specifically [...]

7 January
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SEC Stands Behind “Fair Value” Accounting

FASB may re-evaluate FAS 157 in light of recent market events While the SEC does not directly control the manner in which hedge fund assets are valued for the purpose of striking a NAV for a fund, the SEC valuation policies are important for hedge funds in a number of [...]

2 January

Hedge Funds, Congress and Madoff

The Madoff scandal, which caught the SEC and savy institutional investors flat-footed, is increasing the pressure for more oversight and regulation within investment management and hedge fund industries.   It is expected that Congress will be busy with this and other matters regarding regulation of the capital markets.  In fact, Senator [...]

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