By Simon Riveles and Simon Cooke According to a report by Reuters, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has formed a group dedicated to examine private equity funds and hedge funds (the “Group”). The Group will focus on how these funds value their assets, disclose their fees and communicate with investors. The Group is co-chaired by Igor Rozenblit and Marc Wyatt. Mr. Rozenblit, both …
Private Funds, the Cayman Islands IGA and FACTA
By Simon Riveles and Simon M. Cooke. On November 29, 2013, the Cayman Islands signed a FACTA Model 1 intergovernmental agreement (“IGA”) with the United States. The IGA ensures that financial institutions located in the Caymans, whose investors include ‘Specified U.S. Persons’ (defined below), will be able to largely bypass the burdensome FACTA compliance obligations that are applicable to financial institutions located in Model 2 …
SEC issues No-Action Letter providing M&A Brokers with relief from broker-dealer registration
By Simon Riveles and Simon M. Cooke On January 31, 2014, the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets (the “SEC”) issued a No-Action Letter allowing an M&A Broker (defined below), to effect securities’ transactions in connection with the transfer of ownership of a privately held company (also defined below), subject to certain conditions, without registering as a broker-dealer pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities …