General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5053
February Session, 2010 LCO No. 540
*00540_______BA_*
Referred to Committee on Banks
Introduced by:
(BA)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5053
February Session, 2010
LCO No. 540
*00540_______BA_*
Referred to Committee on Banks
Introduced by:
(BA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010) (a) As used in this section, "hedge fund" means any investment company, as defined in Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, located in this state (1) that claims an exemption under Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940; (2) whose offering of securities is exempt under the private offering safe harbor criteria in Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act; and (3) that meets any other criteria as may be established by the Banking Commissioner in regulations adopted under subsection (c) of this section. A hedge fund is located in this state if such fund has an office in this state where employees regularly conduct business on behalf of the hedge fund.
(b) Any investment adviser to a hedge fund shall disclose to each investor or prospective investor in such hedge fund, not later than thirty days before any such investment, any financial or other interests the investment adviser may have that conflict with or are likely to impair the investment adviser's duties and responsibilities to the fund or its investors.
(c) The Banking Commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2010 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2010
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure transparency by requiring investment advisers to a hedge fund to disclose any potential conflicts of interest or interests that are likely to impair the investment adviser's duties and responsibilities to the fund or its investors.
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