According to the Federal Reserve, U.S. commercial banks held $22.8 trillion of assets in August 2023. At the same time, private funds (private equity funds, hedge funds, etc) managed by SEC...
Category: Investment Fund Law & Regulation
Last week, Biden used emergency powers to ban U.S. investors from investing in Chinese quantum computing and computer chip manufacturing companies. The full scope of the ban still has to be fleshed...
The average ESG fund has 41% higher fees than the average non-ESG fund. That's great news for asset managers like Blackrock who collect those fees but bad news for the everyday worker whose...
Investment Advisers Act: An Overview for Hedge Fund Startups
To avoid serious legal consequences, every hedge fund manager needs to know whether their fund management company qualifies as an investment adviser according to the Investment Advisers Act (IAA) or...
Certain types of interest rate, cryptocurrency, and other commodity transactions can only be legally performed by "eligible contract participants" (ECPs). The complete definition for who qualifies...
1. Denari Capital, LLC Case Summary: Travis Capson of Utah and Arnab Sarkar of California operated their California-based company Denari Capital, LLC. From at least August 2012 until December...