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Fund industry braces for further impact after court's DOL fiduciary rule decision
6 years ago
The US Department of Labor (DOL) had said it will not enforce its embattled ‘fiduciary rule’ following a legal ruling last week – but one regulatory lawyer says fund industry players should nevertheless brace for several impacts of that ruling -
Ares leads the way as US tax reform prompts corporate structure rethink
6 years ago
Ares Management has announced its conversion from a partnership tax structure to a corporation or C-Corp – and it’s likely other managers will follow suit now that US taxation law changes – the most comprehensive tax reform in more than three decades – have taken effect -
Fight for US loans commences following risk retention U-turn
6 years ago
US CLOs are set to be free from risk retention in the next few weeks. Headache over for US CLO managers? Not really – now it becomes a fight to source the assets that will populate CLOs -
Past returns: Europe's own risk retention rewrite
6 years ago
Five years ago we reported that European CLO managers were hunting for partners to retain risk retention on their behalf. Shortly after, regulators performed a U-turn (nothing new here) and decided to prohibit third parties from acting as risk retainers -
They said it: CLO managers are a generous sort
6 years ago
With US risk retention set to be repealed, one CLO equity investor is convinced that managers will readily return 'risk retention capital' to investors -
CLO managers look to offload vertical strips
6 years ago
The pending withdrawal of US risk retention will result in CLO managers looking to sell vertical strips - if they can negotiate an early redemption of their financing agreements -
CLO managers likely to be exempt from risk retention from 2 April, says LSTA
6 years ago
US CLO managers' exemption from Dodd-Frank risk retention rules will come into effect on 2 April unless the government appeals the ruling, the LSTA says -
Reprieved: US CLO managers are not subject to risk retention, court rules
6 years ago
The LSTA has prevailed in its lawsuit against the SEC and the Federal Reserve board, with an appeals court ruling that CLO managers are not subject to credit risk retention laws under the Dodd-Frank Act -
Law firm bolsters its CLO practice after hiring from Credit Suisse
6 years ago
Law firm Chapman and Cutler has further strengthened its CLO and structured finance practice, bringing in a figure from Credit Suisse's new issue CLO team -
Pimco interval fund seeks SEC order allowing it to issue further share classes
6 years ago
The Pimco Flexible Credit Income Fund has sought permission from the SEC to issue further classes of shares -
Rule delay frees managers to continue selling
6 years ago
The US Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule were officially pushed back until 1 July 2019. That means selling funds into IRAs should be easier - for now -
SEC names deputy director for its investment management unit
6 years ago
The SEC has appointed Paul Cellupica as deputy director for its division of investment management -
Loan managers pile into BDCs amid possible change to leverage ratios
6 years ago
Golub Capital Partners and TCW are among those to have launched new BDCs as regulators look to revamp leverage limits -
Market is always wrong on effect of CLO rule changes
6 years ago
Risk retention has made little difference to the CLO industry. And it’s disappearance will similarly have little impact -
Points up front
6 years ago
Legal documents related to a now defunct fund run by Carlyle a decade ago, highlight tensions between two senior portfolio managers -
Leader aims to be at forefront of floating rate credit fund comeback
6 years ago
Floating rate credit fund launches have slowed to a dribble in the past three years after launching en masse in 2013 – but they may be due for a revival -
LA pension fund monitors high yield manager Aegon amid SEC investigation
6 years ago
The Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System (Lacers) is currently monitoring its high yield manager Aegon, which is under SEC investigation -
Drop risk retention for most CLOs, says Treasury
6 years ago
Loan managers have spent millions of dollars ensuring they have the infrastructure in place to tackle risk retention rules. However, there is now a possibility that the concept of risk retention will not apply to CLOs -
Help us to re-write the Volcker rule, says US bank regulator
6 years ago
OCC gives first indication that regulators may be willing to exclude CLOs from the definition of “covered funds” -
US Treasury proposals could breathe new life into CLO market-making
6 years ago
The US Treasury Department yesterday proposed a dramatic paring back of the Dodd-Frank Act, but made no mention of changing the risk retention rules in relation to CLOs -
Details emerge of Maples' role in shaping first US CLO of 2017
7 years ago
Law firm Maples played a key role in launching Venture XXVI CLO, it has emerged
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