Compliance Insights and Alerts

Compliance teams are constantly challenged to keep pace with ever-evolving regulatory change while navigating the pressures of geopolitical threats, economic crises, and third-party risks. Uncertain times require a nimble approach to achieve compliance and address business priorities in new ways to enable innovation and growth while minimizing risk.

As the global regulation continues to change, it's key that you keep up to speed with latest developments. Here we capture the latest compliance trends, industry insights, risk alerts, and events.

Latest insights and alerts

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UK Announces Amendment to its Short Selling Reporting Regime

Following HM Treasury & ESMA announcements, the FCA has provided an update on the notification and reporting of short sales under its newly onshored regime. We examine the revised UK regime and explore if this is an early taste of post-Brexit accommodation.

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Essential Guide to AIFMD Marketing After Brexit

Following the end of the Brexit transition period, AIFMs wishing to market their funds should re-evaluate the AIFMD marketing notification requirements.

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Registered Investment Company 2020 Regulatory Recap

During the course of 2020, the SEC was active in proposing and adopting new rules. Beyond rulemaking, the SEC also issued exemptive orders and no-action letters of note, including actions related to COVID-19. Here, we highlight some of the SEC’s 2020 regulatory activities for registered investment companies.

Compliance Alert
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Operating in the UK Post-Brexit - A Guide for EEA Firms

The Brexit transition means in excess of 1,500 global firms need to adapt their business models and regulatory registration arrangements to continue operating within the UK. We outline details of the UK transitional regimes, the FCA’s expectations of international firms operating in the UK and the FCA authorisation process.

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  • Compliance
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2021 Broker-Dealer Regulatory Filings Calendar

To help you stay on track with your firm’s FINRA reporting obligations, we’ve put together a printable calendar with key deadlines in addition to U.S. national holidays at a glance.

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Brexit: The Final Countdown - A Checklist for UK Investment Managers

With just days to go to the end of the transition period for the UK’s departure from the EU, we’ve developed a checklist of key considerations and activities that UK investment managers need to prepare.

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Events

Wealth Management EDGE

Join the ACA Wealth and ACA Foreside teams in Hollywood, FL at the Wealth Management EDGE Conference.

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2024 FINRA Annual Conference

Meet-up with ACA's team at the FINRA Annual Conference, FINRA’s premier event which provides the opportunity for practitioners, peers and regulators to exchange ideas on today’s most timely compliance and regulatory topics.

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