The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has published a risk alert, warning SEC-registered investment advisers, brokers and dealers about the increasing use of...more
10/1/2020
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On June 23, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a risk alert (the Risk Alert) that identified three general areas of deficiencies in regard to its examination of private fund advisers:...more
With the compliance date of June 30, 2020 approaching for Form CRS and its related rules, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a risk...more
Failures by a number of investment advisers to comply with certain rules governing principal and agency cross trades has prompted the compliance inspections staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue a...more
10/1/2019
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Strict Compliance
On July 23, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a risk alert setting forth compliance issues that OCIE had observed during its series of examinations of SEC-registered investment...more
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert warning that investment advisers and broker-dealers “[do] not always use the available security features” on various network storage...more
7/2/2019
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Information Governance ,
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Privacy Concerns ,
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The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published a risk alert to encourage registrants to review their privacy policies in light of certain deficiencies observed by OCIE staff during recent...more
Faced with various compliance issues related to the ‘cash solicitation rule’, the Staff issued a risk alert to inform market participants and help advisers update their policies accordingly....more
On July 11, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a risk alert outlining certain compliance issues identified by its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) related to the obligation to...more
8/1/2018
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Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Transactions ,
Strict Compliance
On Sept. 14, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a risk alert outlining certain compliance issues identified by the regulator’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) related to...more
On August 7, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a Risk Alert summarizing the results of its second cybersecurity preparedness examination. The...more
OCIE Highlights Frequent Topics for Compliance Deficiencies for Investment Advisers -
On Feb. 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) published...more
3/2/2017
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