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Geithner Proposes Private Fund Adviser Registration and Private Fund Disclosures
March 26, 2009 Full PDF
Earlier today, in testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced key elements of the Treasury Department's proposals for financial regulatory reform. Of particular significance to private fund sponsors, the proposals would require (i) all private fund advisers with assets under management "over a certain threshold" to register with the SEC and (ii) all private funds advised by an SEC-registered adviser to make certain investor and counterparty disclosures and file certain regulatory reports.