Services Compliance

With the SEC prioritizing crypto assets in its 2025 Exam Priorities and intensifying enforcement, digital asset firms face growing regulatory pressure. Silver’s Compliance Team has compiled a roadmap for digital asset managers to help firms navigate these evolving requirements.

Preparing for a possible SEC exam revolving around digital assets requires meticulous attention to a variety of critical areas that Silver's Compliance Team covers in this article to help prepare private fund managers and investment firms for success under regulatory examination and investor due diligence.

Silver’s CEO, Fizza Khan, was quoted in a Crain Currency article about how digital assets, such as bitcoin, are becoming more appealing to investors, including institutional players and high-net-worth individuals, as well as family offices.

Commentary from Silver's CEO, Fizza Khan, recently appeared in an Advisor Perspectives article about the current state of the crypto regulatory environment, as well as Bitcoin ETFs and whether private fund advisers should include these assets in a client’s portfolio.

In a recent webinar, Silver’s CEO, Fizza Khan, sat down with Nicholas DeVore, Manager of Financial Services at Egnyte, to discuss three proposals from the SEC in 2023 that directly link to cybersecurity rule making and the impact of these potential new regulations on registered investment advisers and broker dealers.

The SEC concluded one of its most active years in proposed and adopted industry-altering regulatory rules for private fund managers that will greatly impact the way they conduct business, now and into the future. Here is a breakdown of the most important updates of 2023.

The SEC recently passed the new Private Fund Adviser Rules on August 23, 2023, which differ tremendously from the proposed rules introduced back in February 2022. To help private fund advisers be better prepared, the Silver Compliance team has put together a guide outlining the most important takeaways from these amendments, as well as the timelines to compliance.

Silver’s Fizza Khan, CEO, and Tyler Schoenberg, Compliance Manager, published an article in the New York Law Journal about the SEC’s continued “regulation by enforcement” crusade and the new enforcement actions being brought against crypto exchanges without evidence of fraud or wrongdoing.

CCO liability remains top of mind for C-Suite executives. Silver’s CEO, Fizza Khan, will be participating in an upcoming webinar with Jessica Thayer, Senior Vice President at Starkweather & Shepley Insurance, to address this important topic and help CCOs stay out of the SEC’s crosshairs.

Silver’s CEO, Fizza Khan, and Compliance Manager, Tyler Schoenberg, recently provided commentary to FundFire about the SEC’s settlement with Insight Partners in an enforcement case alleging the venture capital and buyout manager charged excess management fees to clients. Read the full article here.