US Legal & Regulation

The Alternative Investment Management Association is to engage with US policymakers and supervisors over the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.  »

Almost two years since the near collapse of the global financial markets, President Barack Obama has signed into law the most sweeping regulatory reform legislation since the great depression – the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  »

The Alternative Investment Management Association says that while some details and definitions contained in the US Dodd-Frank Bill remain to be clarified, it supports those parts of the bill relating to the registration of hedge fund managers. »

King Chuen Tang has pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in the federal court in San Francisco. »

Two-thirds (67 per cent) of private equity executives expect the US government’s new tax proposal on carried interest to pass, according to a study by accounting and consulting firm BDO Seidman. »

The Managed Funds Association has reaffirmed its support for action by federal policy makers intended to reform, strengthen and modernize America's system of financial regulatory oversi »

The Obama Administration has announced proposed legislation that would require all advisers to hedge funds and other private pools of capital, including private equity and venture capit »

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Eldon A. »

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rule amendments that aim to substantially increase protections for investors who entrust their money to investment advisers. »

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged New York's former deputy comptroller and a top political adviser for extracting millions of dollars in kickbacks from investment manag »