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John Adams,
Jay Baris,
Andrew (Buddy) Donohue,
John Finley, III,
Nathan Greene,
Thomas Majewski,
Sean Murphy,
Ted Randolph,
Paul Schreiber,
Lorna Xin Chen
On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") released a long-anticipated interpretation of investment adviser fiduciary duty under Section 206 of the US Investment
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Lisa Brill,
Nathan Greene,
Derek Kershaw,
Michael Shulman
On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued a broad, investment-friendly second set of Proposed Regulations (the "Proposed Regulations")
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Jay Baris,
Andrew (Buddy) Donohue,
John Finley, III,
Nathan Greene,
Thomas Majewski,
J.R. Morgan,
Ted Randolph,
John Reiss,
Paul Schreiber
In what will be a welcome reprieve, the Securities and Exchange Commission eased compliance burdens for most mutual funds, ETFs and closed-end funds to file portfolio holdings reports on Form N-PORT.
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Jay Baris,
Andrew (Buddy) Donohue,
John Finley, III,
Nathan Greene,
Thomas Majewski,
J.R. Morgan,
Ted Randolph,
John Reiss,
Paul Schreiber
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) has proposed rules that would modernize the "fund of funds" rules. The rules would replace a patchwork of exemptive rules and orders,
With
Lisa Brill,
Nathan Greene,
Derek Kershaw,
Michael Shulman
On Friday, October 19, 2018, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued highly-anticipated proposed regulations regarding "Qualified Opportunity Zones."
With
Lisa Brill,
Derek Kershaw,
Michael Shulman
The Treasury Department and the IRS issued today highly anticipated proposed regulations regarding "Qualified Opportunity Zones."
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Todd Lowther,
Sarah McLean
Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA, December 22, 2017), tax-exempt investors must now calculate unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) separately with respect to each trade or business.
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Jay Baris,
Andrew (Buddy) Donohue,
John Finley, III,
Nathan Greene,
Jeremy Kutner,
Lona Nallengara,
Paul Schreiber
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations' long-awaited examination priorities for 2018 will focus on five principal areas...
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John Adams,
Nathan Greene,
Edward Miles,
Paul Schreiber,
Lorna Xin Chen
With effect from 6 April 2017, the United Kingdom has overhauled its limited partnership legislation to create a new form of limited partnership: the Private Fund Limited Partnership ("PFLP").
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John Adams,
John Finley, III,
Nathan Greene,
Thomas Majewski,
John Reiss,
Paul Schreiber,
Patrick D. Sweeney,
Lorna Xin Chen
In May 2015, we reported on proposals by the Securities and Exchange Commission to expand public disclosures by RIAs of various aspects of their SMA businesses.
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Beau Buffier,
George Casey,
Wayne Collins,
David Connolly,
Jessica Delbaum,
John Finley, III,
Nathan Greene,
Heather Kafele,
Kelly Karapetyan,
Scott Petepiece
According to the DOJ complaint, ValueAct purchased over $2.5 billion of voting securities of Halliburton and Baker Hughes after the two companies announced their merger in November 2014.
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John Adams,
Azam Aziz,
John Finley, III,
Geoffrey Goldman,
Nathan Greene,
Thomas Majewski,
Donna Parisi,
John Reiss,
Paul Schreiber,
Patrick D. Sweeney,
Lorna Xin Chen
Public comments on the proposal are due with the agency 60 days from the proposal's publication in the Federal Register.
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John Adams,
Azam Aziz,
John Finley, III,
Geoffrey Goldman,
Nathan Greene,
Thomas Majewski,
Donna Parisi,
John Reiss,
Paul Schreiber,
Patrick D. Sweeney,
Lorna Xin Chen
Section 205 of the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 generally prohibits a registered investment adviser from receiving compensation based on a share of capital gains on or appreciation of funds of an advisory client.
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John Adams,
Azam Aziz,
John Finley, III,
Geoffrey Goldman,
Nathan Greene,
Thomas Majewski,
Donna Parisi,
John Reiss,
Paul Schreiber,
Patrick D. Sweeney,
Lorna Xin Chen
Every five years, the US Securities and Exchange Commission is required to adjust for inflation the agency's dollar-based qualification tests for when an SEC-registered investment adviser can receive compensation...
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John Adams,
Azam Aziz,
Bjorn Bjerke,
John Finley, III,
Geoffrey Goldman,
Nathan Greene,
Donna Parisi,
Barnabas Reynolds,
Russell Sacks,
Paul Schreiber,
Lorna Xin Chen
On April 18, 2016, the US Financial Stability Oversight Council issued an update on its multi-year review of potential financial stability risks in the asset management industry.
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