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SEC confirms investment adviser registration

23 June 2011

SEC commissioners voted in favour of requiring private-fund advisers to register with the agency

Read more: SEC Dodd-Frank

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved amendments to Investment Advisers Act after SEC commissioners voted 3-2 in favour of requiring private-fund advisers to register with the agency.

“These rules will fill a key gap in the regulatory landscape,” said Mary Schapiro, SEC chairman.

“In particular, our proposal will give the Commission, and the public, insight into hedge fund and other private fund managers who previously conducted their work...