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On July 22, 2011, in Business Roundtable c. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the “proxy access rule” (the “Rule”), adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in 2010. The Rule would have allowed shareholders…

Client Alerts | July 25, 2011 | Securities and Corporate Finance

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted a new rule, defining the term “family office” for purposes of exempting family offices from registration under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1, and Release No. 1A-3220. In adopting the final Rule, the SEC considered approximately 90 comment letters,…

Client Alerts | July 11, 2011 | Family Office | Securities and Corporate Finance | Hedge Funds

The SEC adopted rules today implementing the investment adviser registration requirements imposed by the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd Frank Act”). As expected, the SEC delayed the registration requirement for hedge fund managers and private equity fund managers until March 30, 2012. The SEC passed rules today: amending Form…

Client Alerts | June 21, 2011 | Securities and Corporate Finance | Hedge Funds

Investment advisors registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission may charge performance fees only to clients who meet the definition of “qualified client” under SEC Rule 205-3. In Release No. 1A-3198, the SEC announced that it intends to issue an order increasing the dollar thresholds contained in the definition of “qualified client.” Currently, a client…

Client Alerts | May 18, 2011 | Securities and Corporate Finance | Hedge Funds

In November 2009, the SEC, along with seven other agencies1, adopted amendments to the rules implementing certain privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “GLBA”) and adopted a model privacy form (the “Model Form”). In order for financial institutions (including investment advisors) to fall within the safe harbor for satisfying their initial and annual privacy…

Client Alerts | April 18, 2011 | Securities and Corporate Finance | Hedge Funds

In a letter to the president of the North American Securities Administrators Association, the Associate Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Division of Investment Management, Robert E. Plaze, stated that although the Commission’s staff anticipates that the implementing rulemaking under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank…

Client Alerts | April 10, 2011 | Securities and Corporate Finance | Hedge Funds

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to Part 2 of Form ADV (commonly referred to as the “brochure” and currently designated Part II of Form ADV).1 The Amendments are intended to provide advisory clients with clearly written, meaningful, current disclosure of the business practices, conflicts of interest and background of…

Client Alerts | January 24, 2011 | Securities and Corporate Finance | Hedge Funds