CCO (Chief Compliance Officer) Content

The SEC's Division of Examinations has published a Risk Alert highlighting its observations from conducting twenty examinations focused on ensuring that, in connection with the investment advisers' fixed income principal and cross trades, the advisers: (1) made trades that were in the...

In late March, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on disclosure of investment policy by investment firms under Article 52 Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 on the prudential requirements of investment firms (IFR)...

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on June 11. The agenda includes regulatory actions that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission expect to take...

As we previously informed you, on June 3, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China (EO) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a number of...

On June 3, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China (EO) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a number of new FAQs and updated others...

SEC Chair Gensler Directs SEC Staff to Consider Further Action on Regulation of Proxy Voting Advice

On May 26, the Market Participants Division of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or "Commission") issued updated responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding CFTC Regulation 4.27 and CFTC Form CPO-PQR.[1] The FAQs are summarized briefly below.