The guide was prepared by SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc, in response to the July 15th, 2009, U.S. Department of the Treasury proposed Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009. These proposed amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act") would have significant implications to currently unregistered advisers to private pools of capital such as hedge funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, and other private pools including both U.S. and non‐U.S. domiciled investment vehicles.
Guide to Sec Registration of Private Fund Investment Advisers
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