As federal agencies work towards instituting more regulatory measures from the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule on September 18, 2013, mandated under Section 953(b) of the Act, which details new requirements for compensation … Read More
At the start of September 2013, computer giant Dell Inc. released a series of findings made by three US proxy advisory firms – Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), Glass Lewis, and Egan Jones – recommending Dell shareholders to support a proposed … Read More
At the end of each month, Core Compliance & Legal Services, Inc. (“Core Compliance”) publishes a Risk Management Update (RMU), an in-depth article written by one of our staff members on a currently relevant topic in compliance, securities, and investment … Read More
August 27, 2013: A new Risk Alert released by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) details new considerations for investment advisers in establishing business continuity plans (BCPs) and disaster recovery plans. Focusing specifically … Read More
A delay in a new rule proposed by the Department of Labor (DOL) regarding investment advice for retirement plans is being pursued by a group of Democratic Senators, who argue that the proposed rule may clash with a prospective proposal … Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‘s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) recently published a Risk Alert that aims to combat market abuses that elude an SEC short-sale rule for options trading. The Alert, issued in the first week … Read More
In last week’s Compliance blog posting, we discussed a series of new rules announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 31, 2013, that brought changes to compliance reporting requirements for broker-dealers (BDs). For this week, we will … Read More
On July 31, 2013, the world of broker-dealers (BDs) was taken on by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with the passage of a new rule and a set of new amendments affecting this financial sphere. While each of these … Read More
Anti-money laundering (AML) regulation – currently applying only to broker-dealers – may soon affect independent advisers under a new proposal being currently drafted by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). First set forth as a proposed rule in 2003 and … Read More
At the beginning of July 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the creation of three initiatives aimed at increasing the reach of the Commission’s Division of Enforcement and bringing greater strength to its investigative work. The first is … Read More