Compliance Program Development and Enhancement

Navigate the changing risk and compliance landscape

As new rules and regulations are adopted and the regulatory landscape evolves your compliance programme must keep pace or risk leaving your firm exposed.

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Our solutions

In additional to ongoing compliance manual maintenance support, our team can assist you with a range of topical compliance challenges, including:

AIFMD Consulting & Support

Drafting of your documentation, policies, procedures and controls for AIFMD impacted EEA-based investment managers of alternative investment funds, and also non-EEA advisers who wish to market such funds into the EEA.

Stay on top of financial crimes-related threats and regulatory concerns with AML consulting support. We can support with independent testing and risk management, as well as, development of AML, KYC/CDD, FCPA and anti-bribery, and cybersecurity policies and procedures.

Updating of policies, procedures and compliance manuals for firms with a UK-based presence, reflecting new rules and regulations following the exit of the UK from the European Union.

Policy and procedure development and program management including carbon footprinting, climate risk scenario analysis, net-zero management, DEI baselining and training, portfolio performance assessment, reporting (UN PRI, TCFD, SFDR), and marketing and disclosures reviews.

FCA Marketing Abuse Regulation (MAR) Solutions

Focused and cost-effective assessment of your firm’s policies, procedures, monitoring program, surveillance techniques, and controls environment. We can also provide a deep-dive review, benchmarking, and testing of your firm’s market abuse arrangements.

LIBOR

Assistance in devising your LIBOR transition plans, assessing and reviewing your firm’s reliance and usage of LIBOR, or performing a gap analysis review of your transition work to date.

Our investment company team will help you to navigate the SEC’s liquidity risk management program rule through educational resources and alerts, benchmarking insight, help with program management and development of policies and procedures, annual assessments.

MiFID II Consulting & Support

Our post-implementation review is designed to review, test and benchmark your MiFID II program to identify gaps and reduce your regulatory risk.

Our prudential team are on-hand to help provide regulatory oversight of your firm’s capital monitoring and forecasting, and regulatory reporting processes. This includes support with the upcoming Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR).

Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and Form CRS

We can help broker-dealers understand the compliance and operational issues presented by Reg BI as they relate to their retail business. Our consultants can assist in designing customized procedures that will detail the steps needed to address Reg BI’s requirements as they relate to your firm.

SM&CR Compliance Solutions

Post-implementation reviews of your documentation, framework and internal process, gap analysis, as well as senior manager and conduct rule training.

Policy and procedure development and thematic project support to help make sure your trade and transaction reporting is in line with MiFID/MIFIR and EMIR regulatory requirements.

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MiFID 10% Depreciation Rule: The End of the FCA’s Flexible Approach is Nigh

The FCA has announced a last-minute extension of MiFID 10% Depreciation Reporting in the UK. The Covid-19 measure is now in force until 30 March 2020.

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SEC Announces Settlement with Broker-Dealer for Failure to Retain Text Messages

The SEC found that the broker-dealer's failure to retain the text messages was in direct violation of Section 17(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 17a-4(b)(4) thereunder, which requires firms to preserve original copies of certain business-related communications sent or received for three years.

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The Future of Risk and Compliance in the Age of RiskMutation™

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FCA confirms re-opening of the Temporary Permissions Regime – Brexit planning for European Asset Managers

The FCA recently confirmed the re-opening of the Temporary Permissions Regime (TPR). This provides a short-term Brexit opportunity for EEA based Asset Managers to operate within the UK post 31 December 2020. Our TPR Q&A examines what this means for firms.

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New Guidance for Fitness and Propriety Assessments and Conduct Rules Training under the FCA’s SM&CR

The FCA recently provided new SM&CR guidance for solo-regulated firms on Fitness and Propriety (”F&P”) assessments and Conduct Rules training. Here we summarise these updates and provide guidance on how to meet the regulators expectations.

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Summary of FINRA Regulatory Actions in Q2 2020

FINRA's Enforcement Division brought 19 enforcement actions against member firms in Q2 2020 and levied fines that totaled $2,107,000. These numbers mark a decrease in the enforcement actions and the total fine amount from the second quarter of 2019.

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Join the ACA Wealth and ACA Foreside teams in Hollywood, FL at the Wealth Management EDGE Conference.

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2024 FINRA Annual Conference

Meet-up with ACA's team at the FINRA Annual Conference, FINRA’s premier event which provides the opportunity for practitioners, peers and regulators to exchange ideas on today’s most timely compliance and regulatory topics.

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