These are some of the compliance-related stories that recently caught my attention in between bike rides.(It’s not too late to support my Pan-Mass Challenge ride to support cancer research.) [button link=”http://www2.pmc.org/e.asp?tid=7200&q=https://www2.pmc.org/egifts/DC0176″]Donate $___ to the Pan-Mass Challenge[/button] SEC hires new private funds specialist by Katherine Bucaccio in Private Funds Manangement Jennifer Duggins will join the commission … Read more »
SEC Meet and Greet – Part 2
Last week I was able to share with you the introductory letter from a firm that recently registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and quickly received a meet and greet request. That same reader was nice enough to share his experience with me and the readers of Compliance Building. The SEC had a four … Read more »
Compliance Bricks and Mortar for July 17
These are some of the compliance related stories that recently caught my attention. Deflategate (Part Two): My texts runneth over by Joshua C. Garbarino in The FCPA Blog The spontaneous nature of texts, often with photos, and sending them before anyone thinks about the consequences, means the texts can be a very revealing source of … Read more »
BE-10 Survey Requirements: What Private Equity Funds Need to Know
Under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act of 1977, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis in the Department of Commerce conducts a “benchmark survey” of U.S. direct investment abroad every five years. U.S.-based companies with ownership of “foreign affiliates” are required by law to participate in the survey by completing and submitting a … Read more »
SEC Meet and Greet
The Securities and Exchange Commission tackled a large group of new advisers, Post-Dodd-Frank, with the Presence Exam initiative. Then tackled a backlog of exams with the never-before examined initiative. The SEC stated that it wanted to start reaching out to advisers soon after they register to get on top of things from the onset. A … Read more »
Compliance, Cycling and the Tour de France
For me, July starts with the red, white and blue, then quickly turns to yellow. The yellow jersey worn by the overall leader of the Tour de France. I’ve been a big fan of the Tour de France for the past decade and a half. I admit that it was the success of Lance … Read more »
Weekend Reading: A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks are tragic, but have been a part of human history since we started making ships. There are an estimated three million ships sitting on the bottom of the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers of the world. Of that staggering number, Stewart Gordon picked sixteen to tell the story of human history. A History of … Read more »
ReTIRE Initiative
The SEC said it would focus on matters relating to retail investors saving for retirement and the SEC followed through with the new exam focus: the ReTIRE Initiative. We’ve seen this coming. The National Exam 2015 priorities list stated that OCIE will focus on how retail investors at or nearing retirement are being served by … Read more »
Compliance Bricks and Mortar for the July Fourth Weekend
These are some of the compliance-related stories I set aside to read this holiday weekend. What Do Rating Agencies Think about “Too-Big-to-Fail” Since Dodd-Frank? by Gara Afonso and João Santos in Liberty Street Economics Is it possible that, while S&P still expects support for some BHCs, the perceived strength of support has decreased and is … Read more »
How to Allocate Broken Deal Expenses After the KKR Case?
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) with misallocating more than $17 million in “broken deal” expenses to its private equity funds as a breach of KKR’s fiduciary duty. The SEC felt that KKR should not have charged all of those broken deal expenses to the Fund. But how should … Read more »