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How US regulatory changes affect sovereign wealth funds investment

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New rules are directly affecting how sovereign wealth funds are structuring their investments and reducing the compliance burden.

Several US regulatory agencies have proposed or enacted new rules in 2023 aimed at making the investment process more transparent. Many of those changes, including amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by the SEC, new beneficial owner requirements under the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN’s) Corporate Transparency Act,