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The SEC Division of Examinations issued a Risk Alert on April 26, 2023, regarding weaknesses observed at branch office locations of investment advisers and broker dealers.

Current Reporting for Large Hedge Fund Advisers and Quarterly Event Reporting for All Private Equity Fund Advisers

A steady increase in the threat that data breaches pose to individual investors has spurred the Securities and Exchange Commission to revisit the issue of safeguarding customer information.

Q&A with Kirsten Garrett, CHRO, Confluence With over two decades of human resources leadership experience, Kirsten Garrett is an accomplished…

As we leave 2022 behind and 2023 begins, make sure you didn’t miss a thing last year with this recap of our top insights.

Identity theft is on the rise, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken notice of weaknesses in registered investment advisers’ controls.

COP27, the UN’s annual climate change conference held this year in Egypt from 6 to 18 November with about 100 heads of state in attendance…

This blog was originally published at Markets Media on October 7, 2022.
Sustainable investing disclosures in the U.S. are currently governed by general fraud prohibitions in advertising and not by formally defined rules…

The SEC’s new Marketing Rule that came into effect last year expanded the definition of advertising. It allows for marketing via new channels and enhances existing disclosure requirements. It will have significant compliance impacts on advertising and cash solicitations for investment advisers registered with the SEC.

Author: E.J. Yerzak, Director, Cyber IT Services, CSS, a Confluence company The dust has barely settled on the U.S. Securities…

“I am superior, sir, in many ways.  But I would gladly give it up to be human.”  – Data
It’s an observation made by the fictional lieutenant commander in the 1987 pilot episode of Star Trek – The Next Generation

By Shane Flatman, Senior Product Manager  – Compliance, Reporting, and Services, CSS, A Confluence Company The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)…