The big news in SPAC world has been the attempts of two law professors (Robert Jackson and John Morley) to define them as investment companies. They argue that SPACs meet the definition of an "investment company" because their primary business is to...
The Investment Company Act - "We Didn't Start The Fire . . ."
Posted on September 02, 2021
SPACS And Tonopah
Posted on August 31, 2021
The Investment Company Act - What Does Tonopah Have To Do With It?
Posted on March 19, 2021
Readers of this space may have noted my fondness for rural Nevada and the town of Tonopah in particular. Tonopah owes its existence to the vast silver and gold deposits that lay beneath it. In 1900, rancher James Logan Butler discovered a ledge of...
Investment Companies And Intrastate Offerings
Posted on July 10, 2017
Recently, my eye caught the following statement in the SEC's Intrastate Offering Exemptions: A Small Entity Compliance Guide for Issuers:
Real Estate Fund Advisers And Penumbra Registration
Posted on May 10, 2017
Last August, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Form ADV, the form used by investment advisers to register with the SEC and with the states. Included in these amendments were changes to allow multiple private fund adviser...