DOE Risk Alerts

The DOE seeks to remind firms of their obligations under AML rules and regulations and to assist broker-dealers in reviewing and enhancing their AML programs, ...

In sharing the focus areas for the digital asset initiatives, the Division encourages market participants to reflect upon their own practices, policies and procedures, as ...

The Division of Examinations is issuing this Risk Alert to notify investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other market participants of a recent action relating to investments ...

Large-volume investment advisers and broker-dealers should take a fresh look at their compliance manuals and policies and procedures to make sure they’re getting right with ...

OCIE encourages both investment advisers and broker-dealers to thoroughly review and, where appropriate, amend their supervisory and compliance policies and procedures to ensure compliance with ...

The risk alert provides examples of notable deficiencies or weaknesses identified by OCIE staff in connection with the compliance rule

The list below contains a sample of observed practices that that may assist advisers in designing and implementing policies and procedures under the Compliance Rule

OCIE encourages registrants to consider reviewing and updating their Regulation S-P and Regulation S-ID policies and programs to address the emergent risk of credential stuffing

The SEC’s recent risk alert on COVID-19 challenges private fund advisers to come up with “creative” solutions to a new, and world-historic, phenomenon, experts tell ...

Investment advisers and broker-dealers should take extra steps to make sure they’re validating investors’ identities and the authenticity of disbursement instructions, and have “a trusted ...