Among a variety of other requirements, investment advisers have a fiduciary duty to seek the best available execution for each client’s trades at the most favorable prices possible under current market conditions.
CEO Michelle Jacko picks up where she left off on our two-part series covering the Senior Safe Act. In this segment, she covers the integral definitions, training requirements and other essential know-how regarding the reporting process, under the Senior Safe … Read More
In this week’s episode, we have Core Compliance’s CEO Michelle Jacko diving into the complexities of the Senior Safe Act and proper protocols, to best prepare for an SEC examination.
The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) Whistleblower Program, created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, has been nothing short of success (at least, from the standpoint of regulators and whistleblowers). Since its … Read More
We live in a world filled with bad actors who consistently attempt to take advantage of flaws and weaknesses in our financial systems, often to the detriment of the law-abiding majority. When these efforts reach a grand scale in the form … Read More
Though once thought no more than a digital curiosity, a passing Millennial trend, or something only used by criminals in illicit, internet-based black markets, so-called virtual currency (which includes cryptocurrency, like the well-known Bitcoin), has become a staple of the … Read More
Join us at the NSCP Regulatory Interchange with the SEC at the San Francisco Schwab Center on May 4th, 2018.
The SEC has released its 2018 examination priorities, and the focus on, and protection of, aging clients, and considerations related to such clients (as a subset of retail investors generally), is a continuing theme. The focus on these investors has … Read More
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and nowhere is that more applicable than in the world of finance. Preventative, proactive compliance programs save enormous amounts of time, money, and sanity. As most firms are well aware, … Read More
For almost a decade, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has been issuing write-ups focused on providing investors with timely information on investment frauds and scams (“Investor Alerts”), along with education on various investment topics (“Investor Bulletins”) (both types referred … Read More