Last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission put a new rule in place restricting an investment adviser’s ability to have custody of its clients’ assets. Given that many private fund managers are going to have to register as investment advisers they need to figure out how to comply with this rule. The rule is the [...]
Tag Archives: Custody Rule
More Information on the Custody Rule
With the removal of the 15 client rule exemption from registration with the SEC, many private funds are going to have to comply the custody rule Rule 206(4)-2. Private equity firms will have the most problems trying to meets the demands of the rule. The SEC is trying to help. They updated the Staff Responses [...]
Private Equity and the Custody Rule
With the impending removal of the 15 Client Rule exemption from registration with the SEC, I was scratching my head trying to figure how to make the SEC’s new custody rule work for private equity. The SEC recently updated its guidance on custody rule compliance truing to add clarity for advisers to pooled investment vehicles. [...]
Custody of Funds or Securities of Clients by Investment Advisers
The SEC released the final version of its new custody rule (.pdf). The Commissioners had announced their approval of the rule on December 17 and then released the final text on December 30. The rule goes into effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. The amendments are designed to provide additional safeguards under [...]
SEC Approves New Custody Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the proposed Custody Rule for investment advisers originally proposed last May. (See: SEC Releases Proposed Custody Rules for Investment Advisers) As is typical with the SEC, they announced the rule was approved before they made the final version of rule available. The rule amendments will be effective 60 days [...]
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