• Issues under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 affecting private equity funds and their managers, including specifically (1) incentive-based compensation restrictions (SEC Release No. 34-64140), (2) Form PF (SEC Release No. IA-3145) and (3) investment adviser registration (including SEC Release No. IA-3110).

Duration: May 23, 2011 to December 31, 2020

General Issues: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Government Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Spending: about $1,530,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2011: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)