Insights
7 Ways You Can Secure Your Network Endpoints
An endpoint is any device connected to your enterprise network — laptops, PCs, and printers, for example.
- Cybersecurity
Highlights from the 21st Annual GIPS Standards Conference
The 21st Annual GIPS Standards Conference was held in San Diego on September 14-15 with over 300 attendees. A number of topics were covered, including important aspects of the proposed 2020 GIPS Standards updates.
- Performance
Protecting Your Business from All Angles: Announcing ACA Aponix's 2017 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Theme
Cyber incidents can have devastating effects on business of all sizes.
- Cybersecurity
OCIE Publishes Marketing Risk Alert
On September 14, 2017, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert related to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advertising Rule”). The risk alert highlights the compliance issues most commonly noted by the SEC’s examination staff as part of a recent “Touting Initiative.” That initiative, which consisted of reviews of approximately 70 investment advisers, focused on the use of “accolades” in advertising.
- Compliance
5 Things Investment Advisers Need to Know about Regulatory Investment in Trade Surveillance
The SEC has demonstrated ongoing commitment to developing its technological capabilities for detecting financial crimes is impacting investment advisers across the industry. Here are 5 things investment advisers need to know.
- RegTech
SEC Tightens Record-Keeping Requirement on RIAs Reporting Performance
The amendments to Investment Advisers Act Rule 204-2 will require advisers to maintain additional records related to the calculation and distribution of performance information.
- SEC
- Compliance
- Performance
MiFID II for Asset Managers: Communications Record Keeping
Communications record keeping obligations which include phone taping, are likely to prove particularly challenging when it comes to the cost of compliance and complexity of systems requirements.
- Compliance
5 Ways to Meet Regulators' Expectations Regarding Electronic Communications
The electronic communication mediums that investment advisers use to conduct business continue to evolve, posing a challenge to the compliance community’s ability to retain and adequately supervise
- Compliance
ACA and Ashland: Why We’re Excited to be the Best GIPS Compliance Verification and Performance Team in the World
Earlier this month, ACA announced that it is set to acquire Ashland Partners & Company, LLP's GIPS compliance verification and performance practice. When this transaction closes in June, ACA Performance Services will offer the most experienced team of GIPS compliance verifiers in the world, servicing over 1,000 clients annually, including 49% of the top 100 managers of institutional assets worldwide (as determined by Pensions & Investments magazine).
- Performance
Anticipated Behavior Profile
Financial institutions (“FI’s”) are required by Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) regulations to perform risk-based due diligence for their customers and prospective customer.
- AML and Financial Crime