Private Funds

A Delaware judge has ruled for Randy Lerner, the billionaire owner of the Cleveland Browns NFL football team, in a dispute with a hedge fund ...

Earlier this month the European Union published the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive in its version of the Federal Register. While it has the effect ...

Echoes of 2008-09 continue to cause investors to scrutinize funds' use of side pockets or any other mechanism that could lock up their cash. Expect ...

Click here to see an example of a retainer agreement between an accounting firm and an RIA. Certain advisers need accountants to verify assets under ...

All this talk that the SEC will delay the deadline for private fund advisers to register with the Commission (IA Watch, May 23, 2011) leads ...

IA Watch has obtained an April 27 letter signed by SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro that indicates the Commission is likely to finalize by July 21 ...

With all you have on your plate, you could be excused for missing a new FINRA rule that doesn't affect advisory firms directly. It's FINRA ...

IA Watch has learned that the Division of Investment Management has formally asked the Commission to move the deadline to next year for mid-sized firms ...

At 42 comments, the SEC wasn't exactly inundated with industry views about its proposed rule creating Form PF (IA Watch, Feb. 7, 2011) for fund ...

A hedge fund needn't seek GIPS compliance for its marketing but the voluntary status may raise its credibility in the eyes of potential investors. New ...