Category: Custody

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No Slack for Firms on Compliance with Reg BI and Form CRS; SEC Eases Deadlines and Restrictions on Custody and Mutual Funds, and Disclosure of PPP Loans for Advisers: Regulatory Update for May 2020

| by Cari Hopfensperger, Senior Compliance Consultant

SEC Provides Scope and Content of Upcoming Examinations Related to Form CRS.  After June 30, 2020, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) plans to examine subject broker-dealers and…

Broker Dealer Regulation | Business Continuity | Conflicts of Interest | Custody | cybersecurity | Form ADV | Investment Adviser Regulation | Mutual Fund Regulation | Private Funds | SEC News

COVID-19 Tests Firms’ BCP Efforts and Regulators Step Up with Relief; Conflicts of Interest and Custody Rule Stay on SEC’s Radar Screen, and Resources for Dealing with the Pandemic: Regulatory Update for April 2020

| by Cari Hopfensperger, Senior Compliance Consultant

Like many businesses and families, we at Hardin remain concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts to our clients, employees and the larger global community that connects us.  We…

12b-1 Fees | 529 plans | cryptocurrency | Custody | FINRA Rule Changes | Mutual Fund Regulation | Private Funds | Regulatory Deadlines | SEC News | SEC Rule changes

SEC Asks for Help Understanding Digital Assets and Custody Rule, FINRA Issues FAQs on 529 Self-Reporting Request, New Testing for Swap Traders and 79 Firms Settle with SEC in Share Class Initiative

| by Jaqueline Hummel, Partner and Managing Director

IA Watch Webinar on Real-Life Lessons on BCPs with Jill Grenda, Managing Director at Hardin Compliance Consulting:  Don’t miss IA Watch’s FREE webinar, Real-Life Lessons Learned from Peers Who’ve Had…

12b-1 Fees | Conflicts of Interest | Cross Trading | Custody | Mutual Fund Regulation | Mutual Funds | NFA

Time to Pay Your Dues, Increase Cross Trade Testing and Disclose Your Conflicts: Regulatory Update November 2018

| by Jaqueline Hummel, Partner and Managing Director

Photo by Matt Seymour on Unsplash Annual Renewal Program for IARD System: Get out your checkbooks!  It is time for the annual renewal of investment adviser (IA) firms and their IA representatives’ (IARs)…

Advertising and Marketing | Best Execution | Custody | Mutual Fund Regulation | Mutual Funds | Pay to Play | SEC Examinations

Best Execution Tips, FINRA Impostors, Changes in Liquidity Disclosures for Funds and Pay-to-Play Fines: Regulatory Update for August 2018

| by Jaqueline Hummel, Partner and Managing Director

 OCIE Issues Risk Alert on Best Execution: The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a risk alert to provide investment advisers with information about the most common…

CFTC | Conflicts of Interest | Custody | DOL Fiduciary Rule | FINRA Rule Changes | Hedge Funds | ICO | Municipal Advisors | Mutual Funds | Private Funds | SEC News

SEC Hits Pause Button for ALJs; Updates on Custody Rule; SEC Director Discusses What Makes Cryptocurrency a Security; Mutual Funds Allowed to Save Trees: Regulatory Update for July 2018

| by Jaqueline Hummel, Partner and Managing Director

SEC Stops All In-House Cases after Defeat in Supreme Court:   The SEC enforcement division suffered a blow when the U.S. Supreme Court held that the process for hiring SEC’s administrative…