Richard Goldman

House Passes Legislation That Would Require Reporting of Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangements and Could Lead to Restrictions on Compensation for Certain Investment Advisers
Richard Goldman, Stephen Tirrell, Alisha D. Telci, August 17, 2009
On July 31, 2009, the House of Representatives passed "say-on-pay" legislation that includes provisions requiring "appropriate Federal regulators" to prescribe regulations to require certain financial institutions, including investment advisers to hedge funds and private equity...

Obama Administration Proposes Legislation Requiring Registration of Investment Advisers to Private Funds and Imposing New Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Relating to Private Funds
Richard Goldman, Robert G. Leonard, Meredyth A. Whitford, John Holton, August 6, 2009
On July 15, 2009, the Obama Administration announced proposed legislation to require investment advisers to private funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds, to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as...

Treasury Sets Out Framework of New Regulatory Scheme Governing Financial Institutions
Richard Goldman, Gary Slaiman, Robert G. Leonard, Gary G. Gallant, Jason S. Scoffield, April 15, 2009
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has called for a new regulatory scheme governing financial institutions that includes additional tools to address financial institutions that pose systemic risk and a new resolution authority for systemically significant firms that fall outside of the existing...