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Regulatory change is here for Private Fund Advisers

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ACA Compliance Group's Spring 2019 Alternative Fund Manager Survey

Are you interested in what frequently asked compliance questions your peers have raised or have wondered about? Participate in our Alternative Fund Manager Survey.

Survey
  • Compliance
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ACA Announces Version 3.5 of ACA’s Decryptex Surveillance Technology

Key features include new and enhanced algorithms, vendor integrations for expert network or meeting calendar information, reporting enhancements, and user interface improvements.

Press Release
  • RegTech
  • Trade Surveillance
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Case Study: ACA's M&A Diligence and Advisory Services for a Large Cap PE Firm Interested in Acquiring a Healthcare SaaS Provider

This case study explains how a large cap private equity firm utilized ACA's M&A diligence and advisory services to assess the quality and sophistication of the target’s core IT software and systems.

Case Study
  • Cybersecurity
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Liquidity Risk Management Program Rule Survey

We invite you to participate in our second Liquidity Risk Management Program Rule Survey. We understand there is a continued need for transparency and insight into the various ways mutual funds, investment advisers, and sub-advisers are approaching the liquidity risk management program rule. By participating in this survey, you can help us identify trends in how firms are complying with, or getting ready to comply with the rule. Results will be presented later this spring so you can implement some of the most common practices at your firm.

Survey
  • Compliance
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Addressing the Rising Cost of Non-Compliance with RegTech

We discuss how regulators' advances in tech are supporting their ever-broadening scope of responsibility, resulting in increased enforcement actions and fines. In this landscape, RegTech is no longer a "nice to have" for investment firms, but an imperative.

Article
  • RegTech
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Top 5 Reasons to Attend the Performance Track at ACA's Spring 2019 Conference

In less than two months, hundreds of compliance and performance professionals will be arriving in Miami for ACA’s Spring 2019 Compliance and Performance Conference. This year’s event will mark the fifth anniversary of ACA’s performance track, focused exclusively on issues related to performance measurement and the GIPS standards.

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  • Events
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The SEC’s Busy February for Registered Investment Companies

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its staff have been busy since the end of the recent partial government shutdown. While there is certainly much work behind the scenes we do not get to see, there is plenty of public work that registered investment companies should note. For instance, the following matters occurred during the last two weeks of February

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  • Compliance
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Regulatory Cyber Alert: UK Financial Conduct Authority Releases Cybersecurity Insights

On March 8, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released the publication Cyber security – industry insights. The document compiles insights derived from multiple industry Cyber Coordination Groups (CCGs) run by the FCA since 2017, focused on the theme of improving cybersecurity practices within financial sectors.

Compliance Alert
  • Cybersecurity
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The Impact of Fee Compression on Risk Management

The bank and non-bank asset management industry is struggling with fee compression which has sparked a series of layoffs that you may have read about in recent news.

Article
  • Compliance
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ACA Aponix Launches Microsoft Office 365 Security Assessment

ACA's new service reviews the security of firms' Office 365 environments.

Press Release
  • Cybersecurity