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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FTC Safeguards Rule Amendments Become Effective May 13, 2024

Beginning May 13, 2024, amendments to the "Safeguards Rule” will require subject firms to report “notification events” to the FTC as soon as possible.

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Will SM&CR Pass its own fit and proper test

Bundled Research Payments – Is It Really New, or Just Déjà Vu?

The FCA published Consultation Paper CP 24/7 introducing “payment optionality” for investment research.

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  • Compliance
  • FCA
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SEC Examinations Division to Evaluate Firms’ Readiness for T+1

The SEC Examinations Division issued a risk alert reminding broker-dealers, clearing agencies, and investment advisers of their new obligations in connection with the transition to T+1 settlement of certain securities transactions.

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  • Compliance
  • SEC
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2024 Investment Management Compliance Testing Survey Now Open

This survey, now in its 19th year, gathers anonymous information from U.S. investment advisers of all types and sizes for the purpose of reporting on industry trends.

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  • Compliance
2024 ACA Conference

Highlights From the 2024 ACA Conference

As the curtains close on the 2024 ACA Conference, the echoes of transformative dialogue and insightful revelations resonate, shaping the trajectory of GRC in financial services.

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  • Compliance
  • RegTech
  • Cybersecurity
  • ESG
  • Performance
  • Managed Services
  • SEC
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FCA Interim Update - Asset Management & Alternatives Supervisory Strategy

The FCA recently released a Dear CEO letter interim update to reinforce their continued focus on protecting investors and customers from poor outcomes and upholding market integrity.

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  • Compliance
  • FCA
  • ESG

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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