{"id":877,"date":"2019-01-22T20:34:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=877"},"modified":"2019-01-22T20:34:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:34:35","slug":"looking-to-update-your-compliance-program-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/2019\/01\/22\/looking-to-update-your-compliance-program-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking to update your compliance program in 2019?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If so, you&#8217;ll want to review these eleven key takeaways from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardincompliance.com\/team\/jaqueline-m-hummel-esq\/\">Jaqueline Hummel<\/a>\u00a0at Hardin Compliance Consulting LLC.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">1. Be ready for the SEC\u2019s scrutiny of conflicts of interest.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">2. Confirm your compliance program addresses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ocie\/announcement\/risk-alert-advisory-fee-expense-compliance\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">most frequent advisory fee and expense compliance issues identified in examinations of investment advisers<\/a> identified in the SEC\u2019s risk alert<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">3. Review OCIE\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ocie\/announcement\/risk-alert-most-frequent-best-execution-issues-cited-adviser-exams-1\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">risk alert: most frequent best execution issues cited in adviser exams<\/a> and confirm your policies, procedures <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">and<span style=\"color: blue;\"> practices address the deficiencies cited.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">4. Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ocie\/announcement\/risk-alert-investment-adviser-compliance-issues-related-cash-solicitation-rule\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">risk alert: investment adviser compliance issues related to the cash solicitation rule<\/a> and make sure your firm has a process in place to comply with the requirements of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/17\/275.206%284%29-3\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">rule 206(4)-3<\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">5. Address how electronic messaging is being used for business communications and confirm whether your firm is retaining the required records.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">6. Be prepared for examiners continued scrutiny of custody issues.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">7. Watch your back.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">8. Adopt policies and procedures to protect senior and vulnerable investors.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">9. Shore up your cybersecurity policies and procedures.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">10. Mutual fund and ETF advisers, and their <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">sub-advisers,<span style=\"color: blue;\"> should review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/files\/OCIE%20Risk%20Alert%20-%20RIC%20Initiatives_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">risk alert: risk-based examination initiatives focused on registered investment companies<\/a> and prepare to be examined.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: blue;\">11. Advisers to mutual funds and ETFs should be working on their liquidity risk management programs to comply with investment company act <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/rules\/final\/2016\/33-10233.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">rule 22e-4<\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardincompliance.com\/blog\/eleven-key-takeaways-for-updating-your-compliance-program-in-2019-investment-advisers-mutual-funds-hedge-funds-and-private-equity-funds\/\">Read the full post here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If so, you&#8217;ll want to review these eleven key takeaways from\u00a0Jaqueline Hummel\u00a0at Hardin Compliance Consulting LLC. 1. Be ready for the SEC\u2019s scrutiny of conflicts of interest. 2. Confirm your compliance program addresses the most frequent advisory fee and expense compliance issues identified in examinations of investment advisers identified in the SEC\u2019s risk alert 3. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/2019\/01\/22\/looking-to-update-your-compliance-program-in-2019\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Looking to update your compliance program in 2019?\u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compliance","category-enforcement","category-regulatory"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdia.pli.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}