Tips from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for Responding to a Regulatory Exam – Part 5

Your day was going great.  You helped a client with a particularly complex situation.   Another client submitted the paperwork to transfer accounts to your firm.  You did not have to deal with a bulldozer trying to demolish your home.  Then you received a message from a “@sec.gov” or “@finra.org” email address, which...

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It Is Still Art

In April 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) posted another Risk Alert concerning the Marketing Rule (Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-1). This was EXAMS’ third Risk Alert about the rule, following those it published in June 2023...

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Tips from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for Responding to a Regulatory Exam – Part 4

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Tips from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for Responding to a Regulatory Exam – Part 3

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Tips from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for Responding to a Regulatory Exam – Part 2

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Tips from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for Responding to a Regulatory Exam – Part 1

Your day was going great.  You helped a client with a particularly complex situation.  Another client submitted the paperwork to transfer accounts to your firm.  You did not have to deal with a bulldozer trying to demolish your home. 

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Obvious Facts and Bad Company

Fresh off the presses is "Obvious Facts and Bad Company", which I co-wrote for the National Society of Compliance Professionals' (NSCP) October 2023 edition of Currents.  There we offer various tips and resources for compliance professionals to conduct OSINT. Read more: Wealth Compliance Leaders Yet Another Assortment of . ....
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Wealth Compliance Leaders

Our F3 workouts typically begin at 0530, which leads the smart aleck in me to quip that it is probably better for everyone involved that they can't see me very well. I guess the joke is on me. It was my pleasure to spend some time on camera with Parham Nasseri,...
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