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Lessons Learned from the Scariest Cyber Breaches of 2020

Each year, ACA reviews the most terrifying cybersecurity breaches of the year. Watch Raj Bakhru and Marc Lotti discuss causes and impacts of major cyber-attacks in our Scariest Cyber Breaches of 2020 webcast, now available on demand

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  • Cybersecurity
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RiskMutation™ Strategic Roadmap: Integrating RegTech

RegTech can help firms navigate the future of risk and compliance in the age of RiskMutation™ by transforming risk and compliance functions while delivering cost savings. Get our RegTech strategic roadmap here.

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  • RegTech
  • RiskMutation
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FCA Announces 15-Month Transition Period for its Post-Brexit Handbook

The FCA recently provided updates about the impact of on-shoring EU legislation at the end of the Brexit transition period. We examine what this, the Temporary Transition Power, and changes to the FCA's handbook mean for firms.

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  • Compliance
  • FCA
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OCC Fines Bank $85M for Compliance and IT Risk Failures

On October 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a news release indi

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  • Bank Asset Management
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The Value of GIPS Compliance: 2020 OCIO Survey Results

ACA and Curcio Webb conducted an industry survey in August 2020 focusing on the value of GIPS compliance among OCIOs. The results show a growing interest in compliance with the 2020 GIPS standards.

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  • Performance
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FCA Sets Sights on Private Markets and Portfolio Companies

The FCA is approaching private market firms to check how they consider governance both internally and with respect to their portfolio companies. Learn more about what this means for firms.

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  • Compliance
  • FCA
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Fireside Chat with Phil Venables and Mike Pappacena

We were delighted to host Phil Venables, Board Director and Senior Advisor (Risk and Cybersecurity) for Goldman Sachs at our first-ever Cyber Week. This fireside chat with Mike Pappacena, Partner, ACA Aponix is now available to watch on-demand.

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  • Cybersecurity
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OCC Supervision Priorities and Objectives for 2021

The OCC's Committee on Bank Supervision recently released the agency’s supervision priorities and objectives for fiscal year 2021. We summarized what trust companies' and bank asset managers' should ensure are adequately covered by risk, compliance, and internal audit.

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  • Bank Asset Management
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Q4 2020 Regulatory Reporting Deadlines

Investment advisers must meet various regulatory filings requirements throughout the year. Below are the regulatory filing submission deadlines for the fourth quarter of 2020.

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  • Compliance
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RegTech Quarterly Update: Q3 2020

Quarterly recap of regulatory news and ACA insights related to RegTech from this past quarter, as well as what's new and coming soon to ComplianceAlpha.

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  • RegTech