FinCEN Broadly Reinterprets the CTA Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements

Sliding in at the end of the deadline, FinCEN released an interim final rule that removes the beneficial ownership reporting requirements for U.S. companies and limits it to only those entities that are formed under the law of a foreign country and that have registered to do business in any U.S. State or Tribal jurisdiction. The … Read more »

Saying You Have Good AML, When You Have Bad AML

This year is Anti-Money Laundering year for registered investment advisers. FinCEN promulgated the Investment Adviser Rule. With the Bank Secrecy Act now applicable to registered investment advisers, with a compliance deadline for January 1, 2026, fund managers and advisers will need to update their anti-money laundering policies and procedures to deal with the new regulatory … Read more »

Speeding Past Your AML Requirements

SpeedRoute is a registered broker-dealer that specializes in routing U.S. equities orders for broker-dealer clients to trading platforms for execution. Being a registered broker-dealer means that SpeedRoute has to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act. Among many other things, that requires SpeedRoute to file Suspicious Activity Reports for suspicious transactions that it knew, suspected, or … Read more »