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☆ Gensler is testifying before Congress and facing increasing lawsuits over his many rule changes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler is testifying before the House Financial Services Committee today. Republicans are increasingly apoplectic about the more than 40 rules Gensler has been proposing, especially now that he has begun adopting them. Gensler grilled for proposed and adopted rulesRepublicans will be particularly keen to talk about some of the bigger issues Gensler has been tackling. Some are hoping that a few Democrats will join the Republicans and ask Gensler to slow down. Now that he has begun adopting many of these rules, the financial services industry seems to be saying, "See you in court."

Persons: Gary Gensler, Gensler, That's, Biden, Kirsten Wegner, Wegner, Virtu, Doug Cifu, Cifu, What's Organizations: U.S . Treasury, Washington , D.C, Securities, Exchange, Financial Services, Senate Banking, Republicans, Gensler, Commission, Modern Markets, Trader's Magazine, SEC, Virtu Locations: Washington ,

☆ US SEC readies vote on regulatory overhaul for private funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. At the time it was proposed, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said the changes would benefit investors in such funds, typically wealthy individuals and institutional investors like pension funds, and companies raising capital from them. "Private fund advisers, through the funds they manage, touch so much of our economy. Private funds reported holding $20.4 trillion in gross assets by the end of 2022, versus $8 trillion about a decade earlier, according to data available on the SEC's website. "We don't see that the SEC is solving anything with this," said Jack Inglis, CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Gary Gensler, Sherrod Brown, Elizabeth Warren, Jennifer Han, Jack Inglis, Chris Prentice, Douglas Gillison, Michelle Price, Nick Zieminski Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Exchange, Fund, SEC, Democratic, Industry, Citadel LLC, Association, Alternative Investment Management Association, Carolina, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, New York, Washington

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. Here are the highlights:PRIVATE EQUITY, HEDGE FUND FEESThe SEC on Wednesday finalized a sweeping overhaul of private rules with the aim of increasing transparency and fairness in the industry which oversees more than $20 trillion in assets. MONEY MARKET FUNDSThe SEC in July finalized rules aimed at increasing the resilience of the $5.5 trillion money market fund industry. MUTUAL FUND LIQUIDITY, PRICING RULESSimilarly, the SEC has proposed new rules aimed at better preparing the broader mutual fund industry for distress. The SEC says speeding up the disclosures is fairer on retail investors, who are disadvantaged by the current 10-day window.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Gary Gensler, Chizu Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Rights, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Washington ,

The private fund industry manages $20 trillion in assets. They would also require funds to perform annual audits. "Private fund advisers, through the funds they manage, touch so much of our economy," he said at the time. The rule would require fund managers to disclose so-called "side letters" - an industry practice through which funds can offer some investors special terms - when they are financially material. Earlier, the proposed rules would require investors and private funds to re-write all their contracts.

Persons: Jim Bourg, Exchange Commission's, Gary Gensler, Andreesen Horowitz, Michelle Price, Nick Zieminski, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, REUTERS, Securities, Exchange, Citadel, Industry, Association, Alternative Investment Management Association, Thomson Locations: Washington, U.S

☆ US SEC poised to adopt rules for $20 tln private fund industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Douglas Gillison | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 17 (Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator is set next week to adopt new transparency rules for the $20-trillion private investment fund industry, according to an official notice, acting on a proposal that has drawn sharp industry objections. In early 2022, the SEC proposed a set of changes for private fund advisers that would, among other things, require them to produce quarterly statements on performance and fees and submit to annual audits. Under current rules, some broker-dealers who perform proprietary trades on exchanges of which they aren't members need not join FINRA. The proposal would now require FINRA membership for such broker-dealers unless they are members of national securities exchanges and carry no customer accounts.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Mary Jo White, Douglas Gillison, Andy Sullivan, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Democratic, Industry, Securities Industry, Financial Markets Association, Thomson Locations: Washington ,

☆ SEC seeks rule change that could cause fund managers to take less risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Leslie Picker | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A sweeping change sought by the Securities and Exchange Commission would take fund managers' culpability a step further than current standards if they don't effectuate a greater standard of care. The rule change involves lowering the bar for indemnification of fund managers to "ordinary negligence" from "gross negligence." "It would monumentally change the relationship between fund managers and investors," said Marc Elovitz, partner and chair of the regulatory practice at Schulte Roth & Zabel, in an interview for the Delivering Alpha Newsletter. And investment managers are going to have a hard time protecting themselves from being on the hook for those risks." However, ILPA said that, "an ordinary negligence standard as applied to breach of contract would assure meaningful progress."

Persons: Marc Elovitz, Schulte Roth, Zabel, Schulte's Elovitz, ILPA, Gary Gensler Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange, Alpha, Institutional Limited Partners Association, SEC, Fund Advisers Locations: New York City

☆ U.S. SEC aims to help shrink hedge fund fees for investors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission aims to shrink hedge fund fees so that more money winds up in the hands of the asset managers and pension funds that invest in them, one of its top officials said on Tuesday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe SEC in February voted to propose heightened regulations meant to scrutinize how private fund advisers charge fees to investors and measure fund performance. In August it proposed a rule to improve the quality of disclosures it receives from large hedge funds about their investment strategies and leverage. When asked whether the regulator was concerned about added costs the industry would bear, Birdthistle said the aim was to decrease fees and increase competition in the hedge fund space. Birdthistle did not say when the proposed Private Fund or heightened disclosure rules would be passed but that the aim of the regulation was to "increase information" and "fairness," in the hedge fund industry.

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