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The SEC staff report may lead to a revised definition which could create challenges for private funds’ investor qualification procedures and compliance program.
The SEC’s 2024 examination priorities which will focus on key risks for private funds and exam priorities for the upcoming year.
The SEC has made the first material change in beneficial owner reporting in almost 50 years with updates to Regulation 13D-G.
The SEC adopted a final rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that will greatly increase the accounting and audit requirements for private fund advisors.
The SEC announced proposed rules to broaden the application of the current investment adviser custody rule beyond client funds and securities.
The SEC recently announced that, in its fiscal year 2022, 760 enforcement actions were filed resulting in a record $6.4 billion in money ordered from SEC actions.
On this episode of The ESOP Podcast, Bret Keisling is joined by Jennifer Krieger, financial advisory services director at Weaver, to discuss stock appreciation rights, including when and why they're issued, performance vs. retention SARs, questions of value dilution, and how SAR's differ from other forms of compensation.
An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) is a tax-advantaged way to sell a business to the employees of a company. An ESOP allows the employees of a company to be the beneficial (not legal) owners of a company’s equity. 
An ESOP is a qualified retirement plan sponsored by a company, but unlike a 401K, an ESOP must invest primarily in the stock of the company sponsor and an ESOP may borrow money to finance the purchase of company stock.
Weaver brings a reliable, institutional-level approach to ESOP assurance services, fairness opinions, annual valuations and valuation reviews.
But really, how did the Texas Center for Employee Ownership become established?
In honor of Employee Ownership Month (EOM), host Bret Keisling invited Weaver’s Jennifer Krieger on The ESOP Podcast, Mini-cast 104: EOM with Jennifer Krieger, to celebrate employee owners.