The SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation recently released a helpful “cheat sheet” to help determine which of the SEC’s Private Fund Reform rule’s provisions apply to each type of fund.
For an in-depth review of the soon-to-be-effective final rule, see our FORsights article, “SEC Finalizes Extensive Private Fund Reforms.”
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Private Fund Adviser Rules: Overview Chart
The below chart1 provides a summary overview of some of the new restrictions and requirements that apply to private fund advisers. The new Private Fund Adviser rules were adopted on August 23, 2023.
Source: sec.gov
- Prepared by staff of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation. It is not a rule, regulation, or statement of the SEC. The SEC has neither approved nor disapproved its content. This resource, like all staff statements, has no legal force or effect: It does not alter or amend applicable law, and it creates no new or additional obligations for any person. This resource does not provide legal advice.
- Investment advisers to securitized asset funds will not be required to comply with the preferential treatment, restricted activities, quarterly statement, annual audit, adviser-led secondaries, and record-keeping requirements of the final rules solely with respect to the securitized asset funds that they advise.
- Time periods begin after the rules are published in the Federal Register.
- Including exempt reporting advisers and other advisers who are not registered with the Commission.
- Further, an adviser may not charge fees or expenses related to an investigation that results in a sanction for a violation of the Advisers Act or the related rules.