On October 22, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released information on the enforcement cases they’ve brought during their 2015 fiscal year, which ended on September 30, 2015. The results as compared to 2014, including an additional 52 cases … Read More
Over the last year, cybersecurity has been a top focus for the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) prompting them to issue various guidance to financial firms in the way of risk alerts and guidance statements, and to investors via investor … Read More
Recently, Andrew Ceresney, Director of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Commission Exchange (“SEC”), spoke at the University Of Texas School Of Law’s Government Enforcement Institute in Dallas. Mr. Ceresney reflected on the five-year anniversary of the SEC’s … Read More
Because the world of compliance is ever-changing, with some areas being elusive, Core Compliance stresses the importance of continuing education. Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released the schedule for Compliance Outreach Program seminars. This year, 6 major … Read More
March 30, 2015 “In the past few years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a tougher stance against recidivist behavior by registered investment advisory firms (RIAs).
Over the past few years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has made it very clear that bringing enforcement actions for misconduct remains one of its top priorities. In 2014, the SEC reported having charged 80 people in cases involving … Read More
This week the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) released its latest Risk Alert: Cybersecurity Examination Sweep Summary. A focused examination of over 100 registered broker-dealers and advisers was conducted to “better understand how broker-dealers and advisers address … Read More
In the last Core Compliance blog post, we highlighted our 2015 Compliance Predictions, shortly before the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released the National Examination Program’s priorities for 2015. The list, which is relatively short compared to previous years’, … Read More
