ACA's experienced compliance, risk, and technology professionals regularly provide insights on industry news, trends, and best practices. Our blog now 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.
For ACA compliance alerts prior to March 2019, see our News Archive.
A number of regulatory updates and industry developments happened in 2019 that may impact how year-end compliance tasks are prioritized and 2020 initiatives are set. We’ve compiled a checklist to help guide you through key areas as you work to meet your 2019 obligations and head into 2020.
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) has made significant changes to its Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) regulations in recent years, including updating the definition of Financial Service Provider (“FSP”) making private investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate funds domiciled in Cayman Islands, subject to Cayman Island’s AML regime.
From 1 January 2020, many UK fund managers and providers will be more responsible and accountable for financial management as well as environmental, social and governance ESG. We examine what these changes mean for firms.
Regulators increasingly expect internal audit teams to continually develop and enhance their audit plans in the face of new risks. An internal audit team must be proactive to stay one step ahead of emerging risks.
It’s Cyber Monday, the unofficial start to the online holiday shopping season. In the wake of the recent Macy’s breach and other high-profile cyber incidents, it’s important to protect your online identity by controlling the amount of personal information that is available online and ensure that your data is transmitted safely every time you use your credit card online. Here are a few tips for cyber safety on Cyber Monday.
Yesterday, the UK arm of a large international banking group was issued a record fine of £44 million for governance and control failings surrounding its capital adequacy and regulatory reporting. What lessons can firms learn from this enforcement?
Over-burdened Chief Compliance Officers and compliance teams that are stretched too thin are more likely to experience burnout and make mistakes, exposing firms to risk. We examine how outsourcing can help improve standards, reduce risk, create operational efficiencies and ultimately bring about cost savings.
The customer due diligence (CDD) rule went into effect May 11, 2018. Now that firms have had sufficient time to make any necessary changes needed to implement the rule, it is likely that regulators will focus on CDD implementation within examinations.
Our latest white paper provides a deep dive on holistic surveillance, why it matters now, and what your firm needs to know to implement its own holistic surveillance program to proactively and effectively identify, prevent, and remediate potential misconduct across the organization.
In less than one month, the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR comes into force. Many Solo-regulated firms may need to accelerate the pace at which they are preparing for regime. Download our five-point checklist to benchmark your readiness ahead of the 9 December 2019 deadline.
The demand and appetite for model portfolios is rapidly increasing among investment advisors. A recent report released from Broadridge revealed that assets in model portfolios now stand at $2.7 trillion and are expected to double by 2023.
In recent week's global regulators have issued communications regarding their ongoing commitment to detecting and punishing insider trading, market abuse, and other misconduct by investment management firms. The common thread? Technology.
Sign up today for ACA news, alerts, and events.