SIFMA and SIFMA AMG Comment on the SEC’s Proposed Rules for BDs and RIAs Among its many uses in the financial world, technology can improve operational efficiencies, reduce risk and…
On October 20, 2023, Avi Gesser, Kristin Snyder and Matt Kelly from the Debevoise AI Practice Group, hosted a webcast that reviewed some of the key challenges for deployment of…
On October 16, 2023, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) issued its 2024 Examination Priorities (the “2024 Priorities”). The 2024 Priorities reflect the Commission’s continued scrutiny of information security and…
On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that would require broker-dealers and investment advisers (collectively, “firms”) to evaluate their use…
Big businesses, especially those with a global footprint and operating in regulated sectors, are increasingly confronted with new and diverging cyber incident reporting requirements. A single incident—even a relatively minor…
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, Julie Riewe, Kristin Snyder and Charu Chandrasekhar from our White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group, Jeff Robins from our Banking Group, and Avi Gesser and…
On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released a suite of proposed new rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that include: Proposed new cybersecurity rules for broker-dealers,…
In February 2022, the SEC proposed its first-ever cybersecurity rules for registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) (including RIAs to private funds) and Funds (which include registered investment companies (“RICs”) and closed-end…
On March 2 and 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced several updates to its corporate enforcement policies, in significant part formalizing recent pronouncements about corporate compliance programs.…
On January 10, 2023, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) published its 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the “Report”), which is intended to provide member firms…