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ACA's experienced compliance, risk, performance, cybersecurity, and technology professionals regularly provide insights on industry news, trends, and best practices. Our blog consolidates all ACA compliance alerts, thought leadership articles, white papers, cybersecurity alerts, and results from ACA surveys to help you find the information you need more quickly and easily.

COVID-19
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Cyber Alert
May 27, 2020
New Malware Attack Detected with Fake Pandemic Info from Johns Hopkins

Microsoft Security Intelligence has issued a security warning for a massive malware attack from emails about COVID-19 purportedly from Johns Hopkins Center. Learn more about this attack and how to defend your systems.

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COVID-19
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Thought Leadership
May 21, 2020
Privacy Considerations on Returning to the Office

Read our guidelines for best privacy practices in implementing contact tracing and symptom tracking of employees as stay-at-home restrictions begin to ease and employees who have been working from home return to the office.

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Performance
2020 GIPS Standards Explanation of the Provisions for Firms
Thought Leadership
May 21, 2020
The 2020 GIPS Standards: Explanation of the Provisions for Firms – Section 2

Section 2 of the Explanation of the Provisions focuses on clarifying the input data and calculation methodology requirements to be compliant with the 2020 GIPS standards.

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COVID-19
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Compliance Alert
May 20, 2020
The Regulatory Initiatives Grid and Implementing Regulatory Change in the UK

The Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum (‘FSRIF’ or the ‘Forum’) recently published its Regulatory Initiatives Grid to help the financial services industry understand, and plan for regulatory change as a result of COVID-19. We examine the impact and areas of focus.

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COVID-19
SEC COVID-19/BCP Examination Request
Compliance Alert - SEC
May 19, 2020
SEC COVID-19/BCP Examination Requests

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced in March that it intends to engage in an ongoing outreach with registrants to assess the impacts of COVID-19, including challenges impacting operational resiliency. In the last few weeks, ACA has seen an increase in the number of examinations announced by the SEC examination staff.

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Compliance
Are You Ready for Regulation Best Interest?
Survey
May 18, 2020
Regulation Best Interest Readiness Survey

We invite you to complete a short survey to provide insight and transparency into the various ways firms are preparing for Reg BI and Form CRS in preparation for the June 30, 2020 compliance deadline.

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COVID-19
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Thought Leadership
May 15, 2020
Key Considerations for Adjusting Your Compliance Program in the Age of COVID-19

In this blog post, we share peer insights into how financial firms’ CCOs are navigating today's challenges, evolving regulatory expectations, and looming economic realities, along with ACA's expertise into how CCOs can adjust their compliance programs for long-term success in this environment.

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Cybersecurity
Case Study
May 11, 2020
Case Study: Portfolio Risk Management for Oil & Gas

Read how a private equity energy investor experiencing increased cyber threats to its portfolio companies worked with ACA Aponix to deploy a comprehensive risk management solution to cover all of the firm’s oil and gas portfolio companies.

 

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Cybersecurity
Lynx Case Study
Case Study
May 7, 2020
Case Study: Holistic Risk Assessment for Lynx FBO Aviation

Read how Lynx FBO Network (Lynx) in the general aviation industry worked with ACA Aponix to execute a Holistic Technology and Cybersecurity Risk Assessment.

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Cybersecurity
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Cyber Alert
May 7, 2020
GoDaddy Breach Discovered

Web hosting giant GoDaddy® has suffered a breach affecting thousands of users, per reports of security researchers. The data breach occurred in October 2019, but was first discovered on April 23rd of this year.

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COVID-19
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Compliance Alert - FCA
May 7, 2020
FCA Business Plan 2020/21: Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis Amidst Longer Term Priorities

The FCA recently published its pragmatic yet ambitious annual Business Plan for 2020-21, which makes it clear that the current COVID-19 crisis will neither derail the regulator's multi-year strategy nor lead to a relaxation of its policing mission. We examine what the regulator's plans mean for financial services firms. 

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Compliance
CTA Promotional Material Relief for ECPs and Proposed Updates to Form CPO-PQR
Compliance Alert - CFTC
May 5, 2020
CTA Promotional Material Relief for Eligible Contract Participants and Proposed Updates to Form CPO-PQR

The NFA provided relief to CTAs that are also registered with the SEC to present past performance to ECPs on a gross basis in non-public, one-on-one presentations. The CFTC also proposed changes to the Form CPO-PQR revising the scope of information collected.

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