SEC Proposes Expanding Performance-Based Compensation for Investment Advisers
The SEC proposed amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to expand when registered investment advisers may receive performance-based compensation. The changes would extend this compensation to regulated funds and additional clients by aligning the "qualified client" definition with Regulation D's "accredited investor" standard, and would require regulated funds to separately disclose all performance-based adviser compensation.
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