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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 was [...]

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Investment Adviser Representative Registration Requirement

October 18, 2009

Employees of Registered IAs Must Generally be Registered
State registered investment advisory firms need to make sure that their employees who are deemed to be “investment advisory representatives” are appropriately registered. This means that any employee (or owner) of the IA firm who provides investment advice or who has supervisory authority will generally need to [...]

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IARD Fee Waiver for 2010

October 13, 2009

The press release below from NASAA, the representative body of the state securities administrators, announces an IARD (Investment Adviser Registration Depository) fee waiver for next year.  The fee waiver will cover both the IARD fees for registering investment advisory firms as well as the fees for individuals.  Previously firms had to pay an IARD fee [...]

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Proposed Hedge Fund Registration Bill Now Excludes VC Funds

October 5, 2009

Venture Capital Funds May Not Have to Register with Hedge Funds
While hedge funds have reluctantly resigned to the likely fate of SEC registration (see MFA Supports Registration), the venture capital community has been fighting hard to remain unregistered.  On this front, the VC community enjoyed a victory last week as Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA) [...]

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IA Compliance Fall Conference 2009

September 21, 2009

Over the past few months I have written extensively about the new regulatory environment and the likelihood that many hedge fund managers will need to register with the SEC within the next year or so (assuming that Congress passes one of many proposed registration bills).  Anticipating this requirement, my team and I at Mallon P.C. [...]

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Investment Adviser Registration Filing Tips

August 4, 2009

How to get an IA application approved quickly
Occasionally we find the opportunity to comment on other blog posts from other legal professions within and outside of the investment management industry.  A legal blogger who I regularly follow is David Feldman from the Reverse Mergers & SPAC Blog.  David is the expert in the reverse mergers [...]

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Mallon P.C. Comments on Proposed Investment Adviser Custody Rule

August 2, 2009

In May we reported that the SEC was requesting comments on the new Proposed Investment Adviser Custody Rules.  The SEC’s comment period ended this past week with a flurry of activity before the submission deadline.  As we reported previously, there has been a general industry backlash against the rule because it does not provide any [...]

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Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009

July 15, 2009

Bart Mallon, Esq.
http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com
****UPDATE 10/27/2009****
The House Financial Services Committee voted on October 27, 2009 to pass the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 as H.R. 3818 (full text of bill as passed - please note that it is different from the earlier version of the bill reprinted below).  The bill as passed by the [...]

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Obama Moves Forward with Hedge Fund Registration Legislation

July 15, 2009

Bart Mallon, Esq.
http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com
Treasury Announces New “Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009”
After much discussion in the press over the last 8 to 10 months abut the possibility for hedge fund registration, the Treasury today announced the Obama Administration’s bill which requires managers to “private funds” to register with the SEC.  This registration requirement would [...]

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Illinois Hedge Fund Law – Various Laws and Regulations

December 19, 2008

Perhaps not surprising, Illinois has a very well developed Securities Division website which provides its investment advisors (and potential investment advisors) with many informative articles.  In this article we have reprinted three separate resources which we found helpful for potential hedge fund managers located in Illinois.
The first resource provides a basic overview of investment advisors [...]

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