Recent Posts by MCO Webinar Team

 

Practical Steps to Strategic Year-End Compliance

SEC Rule 206(4)-7 requires registered advisers to review policies and procedures at least annually to ensure that they are both adequate and effectively implemented. Year-end is the optimal time for firms to conduct internal assessments of their compliance program to be ready for the annual review and to set the stage for a successful 2024.

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Strategies for Gifts and Entertainment Compliance

A survey by Coresight Research estimate that the corporate gift giving market in the U.S will reach $258 billion in 2022.  That's a lot of potential gifts sent to employees, customers and vendors - and a lot of potential opportunity for conduct risk.

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eComms Compliance: Stay Ahead of the Game

With the recent spree of SEC enforcement around the management and preservation of eComms—to the tune of more than $1.5 billion dollars—now is the time for firms to be thinking about best practices for managing digital communications.

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Beyond Wishful Thinking: Create a Thriving Culture of Compliance

There’s no question that fostering an ethical compliance culture is a regulatory imperative. Regulators and compliance experts have been talking about it for years. And while terms like culture of compliance and tone from the top are often used in discussion, maybe even to the point of cliché, it remains a real challenge for many firms to apply the concepts in a practical way.

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Keeping Up With the SEC: Understanding Proposed Rules and Priorities

A glance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Rulemaking Index shows activity on over a dozen rules before the first half of 2023 is even over. That level of activity continues the momentum from 2022, which saw 34 rules proposed or finalized. With so much activity across a wide range of regulations, how can firms keep pace?

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