Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. sold its entire $500 million stake in buyout firm Blackstone Group LP, a source familiar with the situation told ...
Examinations by the SEC can take a long time, be a costly distraction and damage your firm’s reputation, two experts who’ve been involved with hundreds ...
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Daniel Gallagher, speaking at a conference today, gave hope to private equity professionals that their firms might be eligible for ...
Last year NASAA put forth a model rule for states to exempt from investment adviser registration certain private fund advisers. This month Massachusetts became the ...
Last month's SECno-action letter creating the concept of a "relying adviser" - and bringing comfort to many firms who learned they won't have to file ...
It doesn't appear that the SEC's sweep letter has gone to many private equity fund advisers but the consensus around the 4-page document is that ...
In less than a month, all private equity firms with $150 million or more in assets under management will be required by law to be ...
From time to time, we've kept you updated as Europe moves toward new regulations on private funds (IA Watch, Sept. 19, 2011). The latest development ...
A bipartisan group of 27 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Jan. 30, asking it ...
Private equity firms are feeling the heat.