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On September 30, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) issued two proposing releases that could significantly expand retail access to private market strategies through regulated fund structures. The first proposed rulemaking would permit advisers to registered investment …
On September 28, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) Office of Chief Accountant Kurt Hohl and Division of Investment Management Director Brian Daly (collectively, the Staff), issued a joint statement on fair value measurement and disclosure considerations …
On September 11, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and National Credit Union Administration (collectively, the “agencies”) jointly issued proposed …
Forests, fisheries, freshwater, and biodiversity are not only environmental resources. They also support economic activity and growth. When these natural assets deteriorate, the consequences can ripple through the economy and potentially affect the cost of government financing.
Governments are central …
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC and, collectively, the Agencies) issued a joint final rule to define the term “unsafe or unsound practice” for purposes of section 8 of the …
The mutual fund industry has become increasingly concentrated. The five largest fund families managed about 35% of industry assets in 2005, compared with 57% in 2024. One explanation is economic efficiency: Successful managers attract more capital, and larger organizations benefit …
On August 13, 2026, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued its latest inspection reports for the six largest public audit firms: BDO USA, P.C., Deloitte & Touche LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, Grant Thornton LLP, KPMG LLP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers …
Giant asset managers have become powerful actors in corporate America, fueling widespread concern that these Wall Street titans will capture the government by translating their economic might into political influence. In a new article, we identify an increasingly pressing …
A wave of near-term debt maturities, persistent covenant pressure, and a financing market that rewards speed and certainty over marketed processes have pushed balance sheet management to the top of the agenda for management and boards of highly levered companies. …
Raising a first-time private fund is extraordinarily difficult. Incumbent managers have long-held and significant advantages in fundraising, and the challenge of breaking into the industry has only grown steeper in recent years as fundraising has slowed and capital has consolidated …
Executive Summary
As private credit has expanded into a mainstream asset class, trustees who manage pension fund portfolios on behalf of beneficiaries face an evolving set of challenges. This piece explores the prudent person standard that guides pension fund trustees as they …
As part of a broader shift in the regulatory landscape, federal banking agencies are working to make exams more objective and financial in focus. For example, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) recently released a notice of …
Private credit and fraud are teaming up to hit the news cycle again. The latest story relates to the conflicts among private credit, private equity, and insurance.[1] This has resulted in one of the most successful sports franchise owners …
The growth of private credit has been remarkably fast. Direct lenders have displaced banks and broadly syndicated lenders in much of the mid-market sector, promising borrowers speed and flexibility while offering investors high returns.
The asset class is now facing …
Prediction markets are in the regulatory crosshairs. In the United States, within the span of a few months this year, federal prosecutors brought the first criminal insider trading case involving an event contract against an Army master sergeant with a …
Kalshi and other prediction markets have been inundating the CFTC with self-certifications of binary options (i.e., prediction products or event contracts). The figure below shows total self-certifications to the CFTC and self-certifications from Kalshi since it began operating in 2021. …
In August 2025, the two leading U.S. prediction market platforms processed a combined $1 billion in monthly transaction volume. By July 2026, that figure had climbed to nearly $46 billion, according to The Block Prediction Market Dashboard. That growth …
On July 31, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Federal Reserve Proposal”) to “modernize” Regulation O, which governs loans by member banks to their insiders (directors, certain …
The G-20 nations committed to reform swap markets following the great financial crisis of 2007-08. In the U.S., these reforms were enacted under the Dodd-Frank Act. The interventions began to take effect at the very end of 2012, and new …