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SEC Private Equity Enforcement:  A More Aggressive Approach | Compliance and Enforcement

By Securities Docket on March 31, 2017, 10:36 am

Over the last several years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has targeted private equity funds for various fee allocation arrangements and conflicts of interest.  Rather than describing the fee practices as fraudulent, which would require a showing of scienter, the SEC has concluded that the private equity advisers committed disclosure violations.  However, a recent proceeding in which the SEC secured a settlement based on both breach of fiduciary duty and fraud may foreshadow a more aggressive approach.  Some context first.

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