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Steps Your Nonprofit Can Take to Mitigate Fraud Risks - Part 2
A Third Party's Perspective on Third Party Risk
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Privacy Issues from Third-Party Website Tags
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Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Video: Artificial Intelligence Use in Political Campaigns
Episode 329 -- Bryn Sedlacek from Aravo on TPRM Holistic Risks and Unified Visibility
Compliance Lessons from Dating in Your 50s
The Justice Insiders Podcast - AI-Washing: Everything Old Is New Again
The AI Shakeup: New Tech Innovations and the Future of Corporate Law
Principled Podcast: S11E7 | Fortifying Ethical Frameworks: Navigating Emerging Risks in the Middle East
Managing Compliance Risk for Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
Navigating Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Avoiding Common Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Episode 326 -- Dottie Schindlinger on Diligent's Report on Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks and Performance
Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast
SEC DROPS NEW REQUIREMENT FOR INCIDENT RESPONSE PROGRAMS, PROPOSAL FOR RIAS TO ADOPT CIP, SEC EXAMS SHARES MARKETING RULE FAILURES, RIA SLAMMED FOR FAILING TO RETAIN TEXTS, AND SEC WINS ON SHADOW TRADING THEORY - Welcome to...more
Every year compliance officers face the unenviable job of performing their compliance program's annual review under Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-7). An essential element of that review is updating the firm's compliance policies...more
It is a dramatic understatement to describe 2023 as a busy year in the United States for asset management regulation. With 24 rules adopted and 18 new rules or rule amendments proposed, the US Securities and Exchange...more
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the SEC has made repeated encroachments into the private funds industry. Registered investment advisers (RIAs) have borne the heaviest regulatory burden: routine examinations, frequent...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Directors of Registered Investment Companies; and Investment Advisers Quick Take: The staff of the SEC Division of Examinations (Staff) recently released its 2024...more
The SEC’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs recently released the Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the Agenda). The word salad of a title hints at the fact the SEC is considering a...more
Crypto firm bankruptcies and resulting disruption in the crypto ecosystem will continue to exacerbate liquidity and regulatory concerns in this space. Signs of contagion are evident as prices of almost every cryptocurrency...more
In a previous client alert (New Risk Warning Rules for UK Private Fund Managers: Action Required), we discussed the rules governing the main risk warnings for financial promotions of high-risk investments, which came into...more
In our previous client alert, we mentioned the need for managers to review new rules contained in PS22/10, published by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The rules governing the main risk warnings for financial...more
REGULATORY UPDATES - Senate Confirms Jackson as Supreme Court Justice - The Senate has voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court justice and the first Black woman and former public defender to...more
Our Investment Management, Trading & Markets Team offers practical takeaways from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s pair of proposed rules that would bring extensive changes to how private fund advisers can do...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more
Last year, we wrote, “The regulatory and litigation risks for private funds are greater than at any time since the financial crisis in 2008.” That statement is even more true today....more
A veil piercing claim can be a worst-case scenario for a private fund manager dealing with a struggling portfolio company investment – the company fails, and ensuing legal claims are brought not only against the portfolio...more
•The Commission has identified a number of regulatory concerns with respect to private funds and discretionary accounts, in particular, funds with concentrated, illiquid and interconnected investments. •The Commission has...more
Private investment funds are likely to face increased regulatory scrutiny and litigation risk in 2016, not only based on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s focus on the industry but also due to transparency and...more
Non-Enforcement - Form PF — What Purpose? SEC registered investment advisers with at least $150 million of assets under management in private funds are required to periodically file Form PF with the SEC. The...more