Bad finfluence – Is influencer marketing worth the risks?
With the FCA having announced court dates for a case against nine social media influencers involved in non-compliant financial promotions, do the benefits outweigh the risks for ‘finfluencer’ marketing?
Regulatory Wrap Episode 33: The Ongoing Transparency of the SEC Leaves No Room for Doubt for Firms
In Regulatory Wrap for the week to June 21, Jay Hampshire highlights the sequence of events that demonstrate SEC transparency and the resulting compliance expectations the regulator has of firms.
Transparency continued – The SEC clarifies its examination selection process for broker-dealers
The SEC’s Division of Examinations released a Risk Alert defining the elements it weighs when selecting broker-dealers as examination candidates, illuminating how firms can prepare and refine their compliance efforts.
Regulatory recordkeeping enforcement roundup: A storybook retelling
Follow the complete regulatory recordkeeping tale from initial enforcement action to present day and obtain insights analyzing the facts.
Regulatory Wrap Episode 31: The SEC’s Five Principles of Effective Cooperation
In Regulatory Wrap for the week to June 7, Rob Mason covers the SEC’s continued pursuit of regulatory transparency with its “five principles of effective cooperation” relating to investigations.
Stop, cooperate, and listen – The five principles of cooperating with SEC investigations
Gurbir Grewal, the Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, has laid out five principles firms should adhere to in order to effectively work with investigations – and secure better outcomes.
Social surveillance: The importance of comms capture for social media compliance
In addition to capturing communications channels like email, IM, and SMS, compliance teams must realize the importance of capturing data from social media platforms. To effectively manage widely used applications, firms should consider social surveillance and strategies to curb risks.
Five developments to show why operational resilience should be on your radar
Operational resilience is an essential practice to remain protected in a landscape of intensifying cyber threats. Regulators have taken steps to demonstrate their increasing focus on this matter by implementing guidelines, frameworks, and direction to preserve security.
How are financial regulators approaching AI integration?
Regulators globally have been implementing a variety of measures to manage the utilization of AI within the financial sector. We take a look at the key approaches so far.
Capture if you can webinar: Your questions answered
Industry experts answer compliance questions posed by the audience in our ‘Capture if you can’ webinar.
The SEC sweeps, the SEC scores – five further firms fined under Marketing Rule
The SEC has fined five registered investment advisers for hypothetical performance advertising, hindering their consumers’ ability to make an informed judgment around financial decisions. Now, the regulator is spelling the dos and don’ts of the Marketing Rule.