December 17, 2021 Adoption of Investment Adviser Representative Continuing Education Requirements As a follow up to our Coffee & Regs Podcast episode found here, we wanted to advise RIA that the…
November 30, 2021 SEC Staff Issues Risk Alert on Robo-Advisers On November 9, 2021, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) issued a risk alert (the “Alert”) based upon recent examinations…
November 29, 2021 SFDR and Taxonomy Regulation Technical Standards Delayed Six Months Important ESG news for EU market participants: The European Commission, by letter to the EU Parliament and Council, has delayed…
November 22, 2021 ESMA Publishes Final Report on Draft RTS of Commodity Derivatives Under MiFID II Recovery Package On 22 November 2021, ESMA published its Final Report on its draft RTS relating to commodity derivatives under the MiFID…
November 19, 2021 SEC Proposes Modernization to Process for Applications On November 4, 2021, the SEC released a rule proposal that would modernize certain filings submitted via the Electronic Data…
November 12, 2021 SEC Chair Gensler Puts Private Fund Advisers in the Spotlight In case you have not heard the news, Chair Gensler is focused on private fund advisers. The numbers may give…
November 9, 2021 Confluence, Backed by Clearlake Capital and TA Associates, to Acquire Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS) Combination will establish a leading investment management software platform of unmatched global coverage Pittsburgh, PA, November 9, 2021 – Confluence Technologies,…
November 8, 2021 Compensating Advisers: Compliance Updates from the Department of Labor On Monday, October 25, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2021-02 that covers compensating advisers…
November 4, 2021 Compliance Solutions Strategies Partners with Grasp Partnership brings a unique combination of local market presence and global regulatory compliance coverage to South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa…
November 4, 2021 MiFIR Transaction Reporting Validation Rules Update ESMA has recently published a document outlining updated validation rules for MiFIR Transaction Reporting. The changes are applicable from Q2…
November 3, 2021 Update on UK PRIIPs 2.0 Good news from the FCA Policy Statement where it was confirmed the proposed effective date for the proposed UK PRIIPs…
November 2, 2021 FinDatEx Opens Consultation on EPT Version 2.0 The FinDatEx TWG (Technical Working Group) for PRIIPs has published the proposed changes to the EPT template to account for…