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Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 7

SEC to Inspect Firms for Compliance With New Advertising and Solicitation Rule - November 4 is the compliance date for the new rule governing advertising and solicitation activities by investment advisers. The new rule...more

WilmerHale

New Joint Audit Committee Regulatory Alerts

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On May 14, 2019, the Joint Audit Committee (JAC) issued two regulatory alerts calling for futures commission merchants (FCMs) to review policies and procedures and account agreements in situations where an FCM carries...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - May 2019 #3

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission determined not to stand in the way of a rule amendment by ICE Futures U.S. to impose speed bumps on certain orders entered in two futures contracts traded on the exchange. Two...more

The Volkov Law Group

Is Your Board Engaged on Compliance or Not? Be Honest!

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We all can cite situations in which we avoid the truth. Part of the reason is we want to believe and cannot accept the truth. With age, we supposedly acquire wisdom and become more realistic about personal and professional...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

COSO and Internal Controls – Part V

This post concludes my exploration of internal controls and how companies can demonstrate compliance with the internal controls requirement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by adhering to the Committee of...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Agenda Overload For Audit Committees?

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In its 2015 Global Audit Committee Survey, KPMG found that audit committee members around the world had four key concerns: “economic and political uncertainty and volatility, regulation and the impact of public policy...more

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SEC Plans Concept Release on Audit Committee Disclosures

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The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to issue a concept release in early 2015 addressing possible changes in the audit committee disclosures in proxy statements. SEC Chair Mary Jo White disclosed this plan at the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

JAC Maintains Current Restrictions on Trading While Undermargined and Publishes Summary of Residual Interest Requirements

The Joint Audit Committee (JAC) has announced that it will maintain its current restrictions on trading while undermargined. As background, the JAC Margins Handbook provides that if an account is undermargined for an...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: SEC To Issue Concept Release Regarding Audit Committees

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Compliance Week reports that SEC Chair Mary Jo White, speaking before the Investor Advisory Group of the PCAOB, said that the SEC plans to Issue a concept release in early 2015 “exploring possible avenues for elevating the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

JAC Issues Guidance on Margin Funds

The Joint Audit Committee (JAC) has issued a regulatory alert regarding the receipt and disbursement of margin funds. As noted in the regulatory alert, a futures commission merchant (FCM) is generally prohibited from applying...more

Morgan Lewis

Increasing Focus on Expansion of Audit Committee’s Report

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Recommendations that audit committees provide more robust discussions in their reports that are included by public companies in their proxy statements are getting more attention. The Audit Committee Collaboration’s report,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Gehrig’s Streak Ends And Compliance Week 2014 Is Near

Today we celebrate greatness in two areas. The first is in baseball as on this day in 1939, “New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig benches himself for poor play ending his streak of consecutive games played at 2,130....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Joint Audit Committee Adopts Template Acknowledgment Letters

On March 12, the Joint Audit Committee issued a regulatory alert and revised templates for segregated, secured and cleared swap customer acknowledgment letters...more

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