On December 1st and 2nd Private Equity International (PEI) will be hosting a Fund Compliance Forum in San Francisco.   The forum will be focused on providing private equity firms with information on various Dodd-Frank compliance requirements, including the investment adviser registration requirement.  Karl Cole-Frieman, a partner with Cole-Frieman & [...]

Dodd-Frank Implementation Considerations for Private Equity and Hedge Funds On October 18th Grant Thornton LLP and Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco will be hosting a panel discussion and reception focused on regulatory issues for hedge funds and private equity funds.  Karl Cole-Frieman, a partner with Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP, will [...]

Compliance Requirements of the SEC Custody Rule Hedge fund managers are preparing to register as investment advisers with the SEC pursuant to the new Dodd-Frank registration requirements.  One of the issues which managers will be dealing with during that process is the hedge fund custody rule (Rule 206(4)-2 under the Investment [...]

Massachusetts Proposes Compliance Rules for Using Expert Networks Expert networks have been a major topic over the last few months and we are seeing the states, in addition to the SEC, focus on this area as a compliance issue for investment advisers.  Massachusetts recently revoked the state investment adviser license [...]

Proposed Rule 204-4 Pursuant to Dodd-Frank Act The SEC has proposed certain new rules as well as amendments to existing rules under the Investment Advisers Act as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act.  The following proposed new rule 204-4 provides that certain “exempt reporting advisers” are required to file Form [...]

Proposed Rule 203A-5 Pursuant to Dodd-Frank Act The SEC has proposed certain new rules as well as amendments to existing rules under the Investment Advisers Act as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act.  The following proposed new rule 203A-5 provides that (i) SEC registered investment advisers must report their AUM [...]

Proposed Rule 203A-1 Pursuant to Dodd-Frank Act The SEC has proposed certain new rules as well as amendments to existing rules under the Investment Advisers Act as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act.  The following proposed new rule 203A-1 will replace existing Rule 203A-1.  The new rule will provide state [...]

Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Regulations On November 19, the SEC released proposed rules with respect to the new hedge fund registration requirement under the Dodd-Frank act.  The major proposals include the following: Rules with respect to the manner and process of registration of hedge fund and private equity fund [...]

Timeline for Proposed & Final Manager Registration Rules Released The Dodd-Frank bill requires the SEC and CFTC to propose and promulgate final rules with respect to a number of important areas for investment managers.   As we have seen, significant time has already been devoted to trying to develop a [...]

A couple of weeks ago the SEC announced that they approved certain updates for Form ADV Part 2 .  While these forms will be required for managers who are subject to registration with the SEC (under the new rules, those managers with either $100 or $150 million of assets under [...]