Insights
ACA Group and Foreside Financial Services to Join Forces
ACA Group and Foreside Financial Services have combined their expertise to offer leading GRC solutions. Learn more about these two leading providers here.
- ACA News
FINRA Releases AML/CFT Priorities
FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 21-36 urging firms to consider how to incorporate the government-wide Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Priorities into their AML programs.
- Compliance
- AML and Financial Crime
FinCEN Issues Amended Advisory on Ransomware and Use of Financial System to Facilitate Ransom Payments
New FinCEN update on ransomware
- Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Resources
Ransomware 101 Part 3: How to Respond to a Ransomware Attack
Our Ransomware 101 blog series addresses multiple aspects of the ransomware issue, including what you should know and what you should do to protect your firm, your clients, and your finances. In part one, we discussed the evolving and growing threat of ransomware. In this article (part three), we’ll provide steps for responding to a ransomware attack.
- Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Resources
Registered Investment Company Initiatives Exam Observations
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations issued a Risk Alert that provides observations from examinations conducted as part of the Division’s registered investment company initiatives.
- Compliance
- SEC
Private Equity Firms Report Receiving Phishing Emails and Scam Capital Calls
Private Equity Firms, their investors and their portfolio companies have recently been targeted in phishing attacks.
- Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Resources
- Phishing
Early Signs of a Significantly More Expansive Approach to SEC Examinations of Private Markets Fund Managers
While it is too early to characterize as a trend, in Q2 2021, we started to see early signs of a significant expansion in the scope of SEC exams involving private markets fund managers.
- Compliance
Common Practices of GIPS®-Compliant Firms
The most common question we receive from our GIPS standards verification clients is “What do other firms do?” As a result of being asked this question many times, we gathered information from over 800 firms we verify in order to provide answers to commonly asked questions that are based on real data versus anecdotal information.
- Performance
Breaking Down Surveillance Data Silos to Achieve Risk-360
Key takeaways from the recent AIMA Fund Manager Briefing Webcast on Breaking the Surveillance Silos featuring ACA’s Pat Conroy and Marc Salter.
- RegTech
- Trade Surveillance
- eComms Surveillance
- Managed Services
Q&A: Understanding the new Remuneration Rules under the UK’s Investment Firms Prudential Regime
The UK’s Investment Firms Prudential Regime (“IFPR”) comes into force in less than 50 working days. Its more prescriptive approach to remuneration introduces new complications and challenges for firms. This essential Q&A helps you better understand your remuneration rule requirements.
- Compliance
- Managed Services