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ACA's experienced compliance, risk, and technology professionals regularly provide commentary 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.

Performance
Alternative Asset Managers and the GIPS Standards
Thought Leadership
June 25, 2019
Recent Industry Trends: Alternative Asset Managers and the GIPS Standards

Every few years, ACA Compliance Group and eVestment release a joint survey that queries industry participants on the value of compliance with the GIPS standards. One continual trend that we have noticed is an uptick in interest among alternative asset managers in the GIPS standards.

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Europe
EMIR REFIT
Compliance Alert - EMIR
June 17, 2019
EMIR REFIT: What do I need to know?

The amended European Market Infrastructure Regulation (“EMIR REFIT” or simply “REFIT”) came into force on 17 June. It’s designed to simplify a derivatives regime currently seen as burdensome to some market participants, particularly those whose risk profile is unlikely to impact macro stability. In this note, we summarise the key reforms and give some pointers about what you need to think about.

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Compliance
SEC Approves RegBI
Compliance Alert - SEC
June 13, 2019
SEC Approves Regulation Best Interest

On June 5, 2019, the SEC passed Regulation Best Interest (“Reg BI”). Broker-dealers will be required to act in the best interest of their retail customers when recommending any securities transaction or investment strategy. Here's what you need to know.

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Europe
FCA puts Private Markets Firms’ Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Controls under the spotlight
Compliance Alert - FCA
June 13, 2019
FCA puts Private Markets Firms’ Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Controls under the spotlight

Given the tone of the business plan with regards to financial crime, and a reiteration of its focus on firm governance and culture, it is no surprise that the assessments by the FCSST focussed on 6 areas. If the indications from the documents requested by the FCSST, and the interviews that took place during the onsite portion of the assessment, are anything to go by, it is clear the FCA is following through on its intent to be more intrusive.

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AML and Financial Crime
2019 Anti-Money Laundering Regulatory Climate Update
Compliance Alert
June 11, 2019
2019 Anti-Money Laundering Regulatory Climate Update

Although there are political signals that the current U.S. administration will provide financial institutions regulatory enforcement relief in comparison to years prior, this is not the case. As evidenced by the consistent penalties enforced over the past several years, AML/BSA regulatory enforcement remains a top priority.

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Events
ACA's Spring 2019 Compliance and Performance Conference
Thought Leadership
June 5, 2019
Wrap-Up of ACA's Spring 2019 Compliance and Performance Conference

ACA's Spring 2019 Compliance and Performance Conference was held May 8-10 at the Mandarin Oriental in Miami, Florida.

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Performance
Increased Demand from Credit Managers Claiming GIPS Compliance
Thought Leadership
June 4, 2019
Increased Demand from Credit Managers Claiming GIPS Compliance

Claiming compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) is gaining significant traction with credit asset managers due to the increased demand from institutional investors.

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Cybersecurity
M&A Due Diligence and Portfolio Oversight: Minimizing Cyber and Privacy Risks During the Deal Lifecycle
Thought Leadership
May 30, 2019
M&A Due Diligence and Portfolio Oversight: Minimizing Cyber and Privacy Risks During the Deal Lifecycle

Is your firm prepared for the SEC's new cyber focus areas for 2019? Find out what your firm needs to know, and what you can do to prepare.

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Cybersecurity
The Secret Ingredient for Effective Vendor Risk Management
Thought Leadership
May 30, 2019
The Secret Ingredient for Effective Vendor Risk Management

Vendor risk management can be painful, time-consuming, and expensive. Get the secret ingredient to capture the full range of vendor risks in our latest blog post.

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Bank Asset Management
OCC's Semiannual Risk Perspective: What Bank Asset Managers Should Know
Compliance Alert - OCC
May 29, 2019
OCC's Semiannual Risk Perspective: What Bank Asset Managers Should Know

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) recently issued its Spring 2019 Semiannual Risk Perspective, a recurring report of key risk areas and emerging threats to the federal banking system that are monitored by the OCC's National Risk Committee. In this blog post, we summarize the risk areas that impact banking asset management groups, and operational risk, strategic risk, and BSA/AML.

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AML and Financial Crime
5 Key Challenges When Tuning AML Transaction Monitoring Software
Thought Leadership
May 29, 2019
5 Key Challenges When Tuning AML Transaction Monitoring Software

More and more, regulators are examining AML and terrorist financing monitoring software solutions to see if they are tuned correctly; and citing financial institutions who fail to meet the regulatory standards. One issue for both regulators and these institutions is the creation of excessive volumes of “false positive” activity alerts, or alerts on activity that after evaluation, is not determined to be suspicious.

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Cybersecurity
SEC’s OCIE Issues Risk Alert on Data Storage Security
Compliance Alert - SEC
May 28, 2019
Regulatory Cyber Alert: SEC’s OCIE Issues Risk Alert on Data Storage Security

On May 23, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert regarding the security associated with cloud and network data storage solutions.

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