When buying off-the-shelf guff policies leads to poor risk management: what to look out for and what to avoid.
Policies
Structural persistence, compliance theater, and the limits of institutional correction.
Through its dedicated outreach program the SEC offered small firms the clearest indication yet on how compliance with the 2024 Regulation S-P amendments will be examined.
Trends in AI listed for the first time.
Five firms face administrative monetary penalties after exams found gaps in AML programs and suspicious transaction reporting.
Enforcement
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FINTRAC fines First Nations Bank of Canada C$600,000 for AML/ATF compliance failures
The agency claims the bank neglected to file STRs in 31% of cases containing at least one suspicious transaction, among other deficiencies.
Lack of written policies and oversight was at the center of the enforcement action against independent firm "considered a securities dealer" by regulator.
The speech also covered monetary policy, bank M&A and liquidity regulation.