MyComplianceOffice Blog

When looking at the Goldman Sachs’ $3.3 billion settlement and analyzing other similar cases where FCPA applied penalties and disgorgement, we see common failures in financial institutions to maintain internal controls. But what can we learn from the top 10 FCPA fines?

Our CEO, Brian Fahey, recently gave an interview to Svetlana Snezhko and Anastasia Smaga leaders of the project Compliance Radio in Russia in partnership with Megapolis 89.5 FM.

After a successful week, the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2020 came to an end on Friday, Nov 6. The three-day main conference featured debates and panel sessions covering all aspects of FinTech and RegTech. In partnership with Enterprise Ireland, MCO attended the event with other 1.2 million viewers and several exhibitors.

I really enjoyed the opportunity to be an exhibitor at this year’s FINRA Small Firm Virtual Conference. Although the format might have been different this year, the sessions were still filled with the same focus on effective compliance practices for smaller firms.

One of the key themes I heard at the event throughout the sessions was the need for consistency in policies and procedures, and for complete and consistent documentation.

The Hong Kong Securities regulator - The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has suspended the licence of a former licensed representative of Mason Securities Limited (MSL), previously known as GuocoCapital Limited, for misconduct, for 12 months from 28 October 2020 for failing to obtain approval to maintain a securities trading account with an external brokerage, and trading on that account without permission, approval and therefore breaching Mason Securities Personal Account Dealing policy. You can read more on that here.