FINRA punctuated its annual post-New Year’s Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the “Report”), by including a new target category “Financial Crimes.” The inclusion of this category is noteworthy not...more
1/18/2023
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Fraud ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Market Manipulation ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Red Flags Rule ,
Sanctions ,
Technology
Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) took a break from its recent focus on digital assets and the Best Interest fiduciary standard to publish a Risk Alert encouraging investment advisers and...more
4/30/2019
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Customer Information ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Investment Adviser ,
OCIE ,
Opt-Outs ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulation S-P ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The Enforcement Division of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently released its annual enforcement report (“Report”) for fiscal year 2018. The Report reflects an increased focus on retail...more
11/29/2018
/ Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Individual Accountability ,
Popular ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Self-Reporting ,
Trump Administration
One of the most eye-catching items in the recently released 2017 Annual Report of the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) is the significant decline in enforcement activity...more
11/30/2017
/ Budget Cuts ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Insider Trading ,
Investor Protection ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Pump and Dump ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Security Breach ,
Shareholders ,
Trump Administration
In late December, New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released its revised proposed cybersecurity regulation (the “DFS Rule”). While the revisions pare back some of the DFS Rule’s original requirements...more
2/1/2017
/ Banks ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Financial Services ,
Employee Training ,
Encryption ,
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Insurance Industry ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Third-Party Service Provider
If the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has its way, come January 1, 2017, financial services companies that require a form of authorization to operate under the banking, insurance, or financial...more
9/23/2016
/ Banks ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Financial Services ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information Security ,
Notice and Comment ,
Proposed Regulation
The Security and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) recent $1 million settlement with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“MSSB”) marked a turning point in the agency’s focus on cybersecurity issues, an area that the agency has...more
7/2/2016
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customer Funds Protection ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investment Adviser ,
Misappropriation ,
Morgan Stanley ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulation S-P ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement