Regulation

Opinions vary, and the real-world impacts of the rules are uncertain – lawyers are up in arms, while GPs are worried and dreaming of money flowing out of firms like a homeowner with a plumbing issue. 

In the wake of the most sweeping regulations since the financial crisis, Gensler was grilled this week by members of the Senate’s Banking, Housing and Urban Development committee about the new private fund rules.

The SEC cannot mandate standalone compliance departments, but the burdens of new rules may make it inevitable.

A footnote in the US Securities and Exchange Commission's new rules suggests continuation funds structured as cross fund trades won't be subject to third-party fairness opinion and valuation letters.

Regulators overstepped, six trade groups claim in new complaint filed in Fifth Circuit.

With two major rule packages pending, SEC presses firms on how they are managing cyber-risks.

On accelerated monitoring fees and indemnities, regulators discover they’ve had the power all along – bad news for those who would have challenged the relevant initial proposals from the SEC in court.

The commission's new rules are softer than the original proposal, but still impose rigid disclosures on exempt advisers.

SEC to finalize private funds rule Wednesday, pivotal months loom for industry.