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Continuing AML regulatory issue focus: A look at a recent SEC enforcement case, the SEC’s response to Petition for Certiorari, and...

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Garcia Case Highlights Necessity of Knowing Your Customer and Listening to Internal Fraud Watchdogs. The SEC’s recent Order against a broker-dealer (the “Firm”) imposed a $750,000 financial penalty for the Firm’s failure...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

2020 Investment Adviser Update—There’s a “Voice Inside Your Head You Refuse to Hear” (But You Should)

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The rules and regulations governing private equity and hedge fund advisers continue to develop in response to changes in technology. As a result, advisers are subject to an ever-increasing degree of supervision by the...more

Vedder Price

Investment Services Regulatory Update - February 2018

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Cryptocurrency-related Holdings - On January 18, 2018, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Risk in Compliance Week: Part V – So What?

This week I have devoted my blog posts to thinking about the management of risk by considering the tools of forecasting, risk assessment and risk-based monitoring. I have been assisted on this journey by Ben Locwin, Director...more

The Volkov Law Group

ISO 37001: Why Your Anti-Corruption Policy Needs to Go Global

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Ten years ago the standard anticorruption policy was nearly exclusively FCPA-focused. DOJ and SEC enforcement actions were the primary, if not the only, concern for corporate executives and board members. The UK Bribery Act...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Possible Examination by SEC of Exempt Reporting Advisers

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Marc Wyatt, Acting Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”), recently took part in a meeting of the ABA Hedge Fund Sub-Committee on November 20,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Proposes Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Reporting Rules for Registered Investment Advisers

On August 25, 2015, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed rules that would require registered investment advisers to adopt anti-money laundering (AML) programs and report...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Anti-Corruption Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions: Implementing a Risk-Based Approach"

Anti-corruption issues continue to present significant risks in acquisition and investment transactions because regulators continue robust enforcement in this area and emerging markets often present the greatest economic...more

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