What this service is:

Alternative Investment Law Report provides reliable coverage of the regulatory, legal, and legislative developments affecting hedge funds, private equity, and other alternative investment vehicles.

What it helps you do:

• Track legislative and regulatory proposals and actions affecting hedge funds, private equity firms, investment advisers, commodity pools, sovereign wealth funds, and related entities.
• Be prepared to react quickly to changes in public policy. Track congressional hearings and debates, and be aware of the views of leaders in the public and private sectors.
• Understand decisions issued by courts and regulatory agencies. Follow federal and state civil and criminal court proceedings.
• Ensure compliance with complex requirements. Comprehensive, up-to-date information on SEC and CFTC regulations and FASB actions enables you to advise clients and colleagues with confidence.
• Access valuable BNA Insights authored by leading experts and practitioners on critical issues affecting hedge funds, PE groups, and their advisers.
• Cut your reading time. Find out about the most important developments in your field every week, without having to wade through unrelated material.
• Integrate new strategies and theories into your practice.
• Turn to Bloomberg BNA for timely, crucial updates on the news that affects hedge funds, private equity firms, and other alternative investment vehicles.

Product Structure

Notification: current reports providing news and developments

Formats and Frequency

Print and web notification formats are issued and available weekly. Print current reports are indexed quarterly, cumulating annually. Web current reports are archived. E-mail summaries, providing the highlights and table of contents for each report, with links to full-text articles and documents, are available with web subscriptions.

• Compliance
• Corporate Law
• Derivatives
• Enforcement
• Futures trading
• Investment advisers
• Investment companies
• Limited partnerships
• Pension fund issues

Court News:

• Private litigation
• SEC enforcement
• State enforcement

International News:

• Bank secrecy
• Cross-border investment
• European Commission

Legislative News:

• Dodd-Frank issues
• Sovereign wealth funds
• Tax legislation

Federal Agencies Covered:

• SEC
• CFTC
• Federal Reserve Board
• IRS
• Treasury Department