Compliance Insights and Alerts

Compliance teams are constantly challenged to keep pace with ever-evolving regulatory compliance news and 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 regulatory compliance trends, industry insights, risk alerts, and events.

Latest insights and alerts

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New prudential regime for Investment Firms: how are Exempt-CAD firms impacted?

Likely to come into force by the end of 2019, the prudential framework will hit some firms very hard, requiring them to maintain significantly greater levels of capital. We are running a series of articles assessing the material areas of change imposed by these new rules. In this first article, we examine the regime’s impact on the capital and liquidity requirements of Exempt-CAD firms.

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  • Compliance
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ACA Launches Services Dedicated to Advisers in the Digital Asset Space

Investors and regulators globally are actively reviewing and examining digital asset advisers’ investment practices.

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  • ACA News
  • Compliance
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Digital Assets in the Regulatory Spotlight in Q1 2018

During the first quarter of 2018, U.S. regulatory agencies and a federal district court issued statements and took actions that are likely to significantly affect the U.S. regulatory landscape for digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, and digital asset trading platforms. This blog post is a summary of our article detailing the recent key regulatory developments that apply to organizations operating in the U.S. digital asset space.

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SFC Consultation on Fund Manager Code of Conduct (FMCC): 10 key points

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong published the conclusion to proposed changes in its Fund Manager Code of Conduct last November, helping to clarify a few remaining areas of contention following its original consultation paper. We have produced a quick summary of the ten key points you need to know from the consultation conclusions on Asset Management regulation.

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  • Compliance
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GDPR DDQ Now Available for Assessing Vendors' GDPR Compliance

ACA announces GDPR-specific due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) for vendors and third parties.

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  • Privacy
  • Compliance
  • Cybersecurity
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So You Survived Year-End Compliance Testing — But are You Ready for What’s Next?

Compliance professionals have had a busy year so far, but the tasks and testing will continue to increase.

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  • Compliance

Events

2025 ACA Conference

Join us in sunny Orlando, Florida for ACA's 2025 Conference, "Preparing Today, Protecting Tomorrow," where industry leaders and experts will converge to explore the evolving landscape of financial services.

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