WSJ: Sanctioned LPs Complicate Private-Equity Fund Dynamics
FACT’s Ryan Gurule is quoted in the Wall Street Journal: “Private funds are “a black hole” because of their lack of requirements for vetting and reporting investors,”
SEC Should Lead Reforms to Private Investment Fund Reporting in Wake of US Sanctions on Russian Oligarchs
The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition is calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to address the undisclosed presence of possible illicit financial flows in private investment markets. Without further action from the SEC, these flows may enrich and embolden potential adversaries, such as Putin’s regime, and eventually destabilize U.S. and global financial markets. Meanwhile, the failure to identify these flows undermines current sanctions against Russian oligarchs, and may jeopardize future tools that the U.S. might wield against aggressive governments.
Before Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Caucus, FACT Calls for Stronger Anti-Money Laundering Safeguards Against Narcotics Financing
FACT Government Affairs Director Erica Hanichak spoke before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on ways legislators can deny drug traffickers and the corrupt officials they work with access to the U.S. financial system.
Now is the Time for the Biden Administration to Crack Down on Money Laundering Tools that Reward Kleptocrats and Encourage Environmental Damage
With the global climate summit COP26 just concluded and the Summit for Democracy – with its emphasis on combating corruption – right around the corner, now is the perfect time for activists to bring together the fights against corruption and climate change.
REPORT LAUNCH: “Private Investments, Public Harm”
On the eve of the Summit for Democracy, a new report – “Private Investments, Public Harm: How the Opacity of the Massive U.S. Private Investment Industry Fuels Corruption and Threatens National Security” – reveals a gaping hole in the U.S. anti-money laundering framework that undermines U.S. national security, jeopardizes the world’s democracies, and touches the lives of ordinary Americans. Learn more at this event.