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The SEC adopted Rule 18f-4, significantly updating the regulations surrounding the use of derivative instruments by registered investment companies. Prior to this new Rule, there were no specific rules regulating a registered investment company’s derivative as to whether they should be considered in the asset coverage requirement Section 18(f)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 since they create leverage.

This article discusses recent events and examines the regulatory environment for family offices.

This article examines the challenges to successfully planning, implementing and measuring the impact of ESG-related strategies for private equity firms.

An in-depth look at tax, regulatory, and finance implications on investing in venture capital.

In this article, we briefly consider some key messages about the Investment Limited Partnership, which can be factored into decision-making about the domicile and structure of an AIF in the form of a partnership.

A look at the new “marketing rule” and how it will amend the advertising rule and replace the solicitation rule to create a single rule which recognizes these changes to accommodate the continual evolution and interplay of technology and advice.

As LP-led transactions have continued year-after-year unabated and grown in sophistication, a large, noticeable trend has emerged in recent years – the rise of GP-led secondary market transactions.

This article outlines the scope and key considerations in relation to ESG-driven regulatory changes, including amendments applied to various existing regulations, as well as how these may impact U.S. and other non-European managers.

SPACs are growing in their impact in the current business environment. This article gives an overview of key considerations, including investments, who is (or should be) involved, compensation, and filing requirement.

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could trigger the need for an interim goodwill impairment test. This article examines some of the events that could cause this, as well as fair value considerations.

As financial markets have become more complex and inputs for valuation have become more voluminous, boards have sometimes struggled to interpret their responsibility for fund valuation.

The Business Interest Expense Limitation and its impact on Trader Funds continues to raise questions. This article examines Treasury’s response.

With the current demand by both institutional and retail investors for more access to alternative investments and illiquid securities not widely offered through open-ended funds, an interval fund could be the right vehicle to satisfy the demand.

This recap includes coverage of sessions featuring Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest; Donna Brazile, Founder of Brazile and Associates, LLC and the former Chair of the Democratic National Committee; and Karen Hughes, Worldwide Vice Chair, Burson Cohn & Wolfe, who served as counselor to President George W. Bush and Under Secretary of the State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.

Valuation challenges are unique to each investment firm and represent a combination of factors specific to the portfolio company being valued and macro-economic factors that impact the industry and the economy in general that affect the portfolio company.

The SEC recently adopted amendments to expand the “accredited investor” definition as “part of the Commission’s ongoing effort to simplify, harmonize, and improve the exempt offering framework, thereby expanding investment opportunities while maintaining appropriate investor protections and promoting capital formation.”

Environmental, social and governance is increasingly becoming a focus for asset managers, and some are faced with the challenge of having an ESG framework or policy at the firm level and in some cases a policy for their ESG investment strategy. Asset managers who previously wouldn’t consider ESG concerns in their investment strategies or business dealings are now realizing that there is a level of interdependence between social responsibility and profitability.

A disussion on why, when someone requires an Irish leasing platform, or aircraft special purpose company (“SPC”) to be established, Ireland is normally the first jurisdiction that they will evaluate to see if it will work for their structure, investors and the airline that will lease the asset.

A conversation with Antonella Puca of Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services about the valuation of private equity under COVID-19.

This article provides insight into the June 2020 Risk Alert issued by the OCIE, which discussed conflicts of interest, fees and expenses and policies and procedures relating to material non-public information