Insights
Emerging Threats in the Cyber Landscape
Financial firms have good reason to be worried about cyber risk. Attacks are on the rise, average costs of a breach are increasing, and regulators are responding by launching new measures for greater oversight. What are the emerging threats, and how should firms respond to this ever evolving landscape.
- Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Resources
- Compliance
Common Deficiencies in Private Fund Manager Exams: What you need to know
The observations the SEC shared earlier this year about common deficiencies uncovered during exams hold important lessons not only for registered private funds, but for other types of funds subject to SEC oversight as well. We outline the key takeaways.
- SEC
- Compliance
Budget Benchmarking Survey Series: Compare Your Cyber and Compliance Program Resources to Your Peers
Participate in our budget and staffing surveys to learn how your peers are allocating their program’s resources and prepare for the 2023 budgeting season.
- Compliance
- Cybersecurity
Transaction Reporting: Man vs. Machine
With 97% of firms getting their transaction reporting wrong, it's clear they cannot rely solely on technology to create and submit complete and accurate reports under MiFIR, EMIR or SFTR. Can firms simply leave it up to the machines to detect errors? Or is human intervention key to ensuring the reporting is being done correctly?
- Trade & Transaction
- Compliance
New SEC Marketing Rule Master Class Podcast Released
We are pleased to announce the release of our new master class series on the SEC’s Marketing Rule! Sponsored by the NSCP and ACA Group and developed by Patrick Hayes, host of the Compliance In Context Podcast, and Carlo di Florio, ACA Group’s Global Advisory Leader.
- Compliance
- Performance
- SEC Marketing Rule
The Benefits of an Integrated Surveillance Solution
Regulatory expectations around firms’ trade surveillance programmes is rising, thanks in large part to the advent of Supervisory Technology (SupTech). The US SEC and the UK FCA are now ingesting significant volumes of transaction data every day, and are monitoring that data for potential market abuse very effectively. Is it time for firms to put more focus on this area to avoid being caught short?
- Compliance
- ComplianceAlpha
- FCA
- SEC
Looking Ahead: A Review of FCA and SEC Priorities, and What to Focus on in 2022
What are the key developments across the FCA and SEC regulatory regimes, which items should feature as priorities on your “to-do” list for the next twelve months, and how should firms respond to increased surveillance by regulators around the world?
- Compliance
- FCA
- SEC
- ESG
- SEC Marketing Rule
Finding Stability in an Unpredictable World
We examine the challenges set to face firms over the next twelve months, including ESG, equivalence vs. divergence, the new world of work, transaction reporting, market surveillance, cyberthreat trends, the SEC’s new marketing rule, post-COVID recovery, the future of regulatory hosting, as well as FCA and SEC priorities.
- FCA
- SEC
- ESG
- SEC Marketing Rule
- Compliance
Five Things to Know About TCFD
Learn about the recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) to incorporate climate-related risks and opportunities into companies' decision-making processes.
- ESG
ACA Group Selected as an AIFinTech100 Company for 2022
ACA Group has been named one of the 100 most innovative AIFinTech companies in the financial industry by FinTech Global.
- ACA News
- RegTech