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Overreach or not, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), effective January 1, 2024, will most likely apply to your business.

December 12, 2023

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December 12, 2023 In an earlier newsletter, we advised that new reporting requirements had been mandated under the CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT (“CTA”) for all companies created or registered to do business in any state. The reporting requirements under the CTA will apply to most family businesses, professional practices, LLCs, S-Corps, companies, and partnerships. More than […]

A Comprehensive Guide to the Recent SEC Rules Applicable to Private Fund Advisors. What are they and how do they apply to you?

September 28, 2023

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A comprehensive look at the SEC's paradigm shift in regulating private fund advisors.

SEC Adopts Expanded Reporting Requirements for Advisors to Private Funds

May 19, 2023

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By Natalie Roberts, Macaluso LLP The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) has adopted significant new reporting requirements applicable to investment advisors to all Private Equity Fund Advisors, Large Private Equity Fund Advisors, and Large Private Hedge Fund Advisors.[1] Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain advisors to private funds, has been amended. […]

ChatGPT is not for the faint of heart

March 16, 2023

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ChatGPT in the current format my firm has access to is not for the faint of heart. I personally tested it in connection with a recent speech I was writing on a not too esoteric legal topic. It failed in the way that juniors sometimes can write things that seem completely reasonable but are completely wrong.

The Ghost of Lehman Brothers Past

March 13, 2023

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By Michael Macaluso The decision to stand behind uninsured deposits by the Fed, Treasury, and the FDIC announced on Sunday, March 12, I believe was necessary and correct. It has been probable since the aftermath of Lehman Brothers, however, that any reasonably large systematically connected depository institution (and some non-depository institutions) could potentially trigger a […]

Banking on a Bottom Line

October 24, 2018

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Interview with Lehigh University’s Acumen Magazine, Fall 2018 Edition. Link to Article   acumen   Banking on a Bottom Line Following success in global law, Michael Macaluso starts a company to make money by solving problems like world hunger and heart disease By Weld Royal ’88 Not long after Richard Nixon’s historic 1972 trip to China, […]

Internet Trends Report Available

June 6, 2016

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Mary Meeker’s much anticipated 2o16 Internet Trends report sporting 213 slides and delivered by her in under 30 minutes is now available on the Kleiner Perkins website. Click here to read.  

Charts: Shifts in the Capital Markets Value Chain

June 4, 2016

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As many financial institutions, particularly banks are exiting or scaling back their participation in certain parts of the capital markets value chain, or deciding not to enter others, an array of old and new players is stepping in to compete for those revenues. BCG provides significant insight on the issue in a recent article entitled “How Value Is Shifting in the […]

Charts: Banking Consolidation

May 6, 2016

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The following chart shows consolidation of the U.S. banking sector roughly from the early 1990s to 2010 which led to four major banks. There are other similar stories in banking and particularly colorful stories in investment banking. Also, there already was significant consolidation before the early 1990s. Still the chart is impressive in the story it tells through a single picture. Interestingly […]

Thought Leader Perspectives: Continuous Innovation

May 30, 2015

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Are there new rules for how to approach corporate strategy? In an interesting and at times provocative piece, Helen Rosen of Global Access and Sigvard Bore of Pactera Technology, a consulting subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, make the case in “Think AND Do…The Need for Continuous Strategy”, which can be downloaded here: Continuous Strategy. The authors note that the […]