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2022 brought a flurry of regulatory updates that will impact private fund managers now and into the future. As the year comes to a close, Silver’s Regulatory Compliance team shares insights on three critical compliance-related updates to help investment managers plan for the year ahead and stay compliant under increased regulatory scrutiny.

Here are five key takeaways for private fund managers to keep in mind as they head into Annual Reviews and work to assess their compliance policies and procedures; execution of their processes; and test the strength of their compliance controls to ensure that they remain out of the crosshairs of regulators.

Silver’s Fizza Khan, CEO, and Nicholas Nunez, Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Compliance, published an article in AlphaWeek that provides investment advisers with compliance tips for navigating the increased regulatory scrutiny by the SEC, particularly with regard to recording and retaining all electronic communications across the entire firm.

Silver’s CEO, Fizza Khan, catches up with Tom Stabile, a senior reporter at FundFire, to discuss the ballooning page counts required of private fund managers under Form ADV, Part 2A. She notes that this trend reflects changing expectations and new requirements from the SEC, which is indicative of the level of scrutiny the SEC is placing on disclosure right now.

Due to increased SEC scrutiny, Silver’s Fizza Khan, CEO, and Nicholas Nunez, Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Compliance, published an article in the National Law Journal about the books and records regulations governing electronic communications, including recent SEC investigations and enforcement actions and record keeping best practices to help firms stay compliant.