Written by Michael Wu and Judy Deng Earlier this year, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) issued its Administrative Measures over Pilot Projects on Settlement of Overseas Direct Investments in Renminbi (the “PBoC Measures”). The PBoC Measures permit the PBoC, under a pilot project, to loan renminbi to Chinese investors to fund…
Written by Michael Wu California’s Department of Corporations (the “Department”) intends to issue emergency regulations to address the elimination of the “private adviser exemption” under Section 203(b)(3) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). Currently, an investment adviser in California may rely on the private adviser exemption…
Written by Michael Wu The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently published a notice of its intent to raise the dollar thresholds that would need to be satisfied in order for an investment adviser to charge its investors a performance fee. Currently, under Rule 205-3 of the Investment Advisers…
Written by Jay Gould, Ildi Duckor and Michael Wu On March 18, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission released new guidance regarding Form ADV. The SEC’s Q&As can be found here. The most significant development pertains to a registered adviser’s obligation to deliver Part 2. Specifically, Question III.2 reads as…
Written by Jay Gould and Michael Wu Pillsbury’s Investment Fund and Investment Management group recently submitted a comment letter to the North American Securities Administrator’s Association (the “NASAA”) on behalf of the private investment fund industry. Specifically, the letter to the NASAA was intended to provide comments regarding the proposed…
Written by Ildiko Duckor and Michael Wu The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) recently issued a proposed rule regarding commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) that would rescind the exemptions from CPO registration under CFTC Rules 4.13(a)(3) and 4.13(a)(4). These exemptions are widely used by hedge fund and other private fund managers advising…
Written by Michael Wu On January 26, 2011, the SEC proposed a rule that would require SEC-registered advisers to hedge funds, private equity funds and other private funds to report information to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) that would enable it to monitor risk to the U.S. financial system. …
Posted by Michael Wu and Judy Deng On January 11, 2011, the Shanghai Municipal Government released its Implementation Measures on Trial Projects of Foreign-Invested Equity Investment Enterprises in Shanghai (the “Shanghai RMB Fund Regulation”), which will become effective on January 23, 2011. Prior to the release of this regulation, it…
Editorial Comment by Jay Gould A recent action against a hedge fund manager by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) serves as interesting prologue to the state of enforcement against suspected securities frauds once the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) has been fully…
By: Michael Wu As the new year is upon us, we wanted to take a moment to remind you of some of the annual compliance obligations that you may have as an investment adviser that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or with a particular state…