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2019 Regulatory Deadlines for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers — Monthly Guides

To help compliance officers plan their regulatory calendars for 2019, we are pleased to share Hardin Compliance Consulting’s lists of regulatory requirements for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers.  While not intended to be exhaustive, it does provide a monthly “to do” list to assist you in planning for the year ahead . . .

BD Monthly Guide

IA Monthly Guide

Now if we could just find someone to do this for the other aspects of our lives. . .

 

OMG! SEC Gives Tips on IM and Texting, More Advisers Caught in 12b-1 Fee Scandal, and Lessons Learned from FINRA Exams

January Regulatory Updates from Jaqueline Hummel at Hardin Compliance Consulting LLC.

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Advisers Fall Short on Referral Arrangements, Mutual Fund Exams Planned, Updates to Annual and FOCUS Reports Finalized, and Compliance Program Fails. . .

December Regulatory Updates from Jaqueline Hummel at Hardin Compliance Consulting LLC.

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Time to Pay Your Dues, Increase Cross Trade Testing and Disclose Your Conflicts

November Regulatory Updates from Jaqueline Hummel at Hardin Compliance Consulting LLC.

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SEC Enforcement: Year of Firsts and Big Data

Last week, at the Securities Enforcement Forum in Washington, DC, senior staff of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement shed light on risks that asset managers and fund boards should be aware of. Their comments followed a record enforcement year resulting in more than $4 billion in disgorgement and penalties. Fueled in part by data collection technology, the SEC brought 868 enforcement actions the past fiscal year. Approximately 20% involved investment advisers or investment companies, the highest percentage in history, including one that found a private equity adviser to be acting as an unregistered broker/dealer, and others that involved alleged insufficient disclosure around accelerated monitoring fees.

Read more here: SEC Enforcement Staff Touts Year of Firsts and Big Data