SEC: Rulemaking

The SEC proposes a rule to adjust for inflation the dollar threshold used in defining a ‘‘qualifying venture capital fund’’ under the Investment Company Act

The Commission’s new regulatory agenda lists several upcoming new IA and B-D rules—all of which the agenda states are due to be finalized in April

This is the SEC's semiannual regulatory agenda as published in February 2024.

"Today’s adoption enhances the Commissions’ and FSOC’s understanding of the private fund industry as well the potential systemic risk posed by the industry and its ...

"Even a partial list of the additional data we will now collect with these revisions is dizzying . As one commenter put it, 'the Commissions appear ...

"The increasing granularity of the Form PF obligations raises important questions about what measures are being taken to protect the investors in the private funds ...

"Cybersecurity risks represents an ongoing threat to Federal government agencies .... The ability of Federal agencies such as the SEC and CFTC to securely maintain ...

The CFTC and the SEC finalize their amendments to Form PF. Firms would have one year at least to comply.

After the SEC proposed new rules in 2022 designed to force more entities to register as dealers, the Commission received many comments asking that investment ...

"These measures are common sense. Congress did not intend for registration and regulatory requirements to apply to some dealers and not to others"