Kinetic Partners has expanded its regulatory and compliance practice in the US to meet increased hedge fund demand for SEC registration. Donald Babbitt and Kevin Duffy Jr, two former SEC attorneys, have joined the firm's regulatory and compliance practice, which is experiencing significant growth due to fund managers taking steps to be fully compliant with SEC registration requirements brought in by the Dodd-Frank Act. Babbitt joins Kinetic from Prometheus Capital Partners, where he was managing director. Duffy joins the firm from NYPPEX Holdings, a Connecticut investment firm, where he served as general counsel.