One of the strange splits in US financial regulation is that many swap and derivatives are regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission instead of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I think of the CFTC, I think of Trading Places and with the SEC I think of Wall Street. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has [...]
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Real Estate Fund Managers and the CFTC
Many real estate fund managers, used to the lack of regulatory oversight, are wrestling with the implications of Dodd-Frank. One of the biggest sources of hand-wringing is whether to register as an investment adviser given the removal of the 15 clients exemption from the Investment Advisers Act. Another agency is potentially making regulatory changes leading [...]
Feds Release Usable Model Consumer Privacy Notice
There was much cheering when federal regulators finally released their Final Model Privacy Notice Form back in November. That was quickly followed by a gnashing of teeth when it turns out the regulators did not understand the concept of a form or how to use Adobe Acrobat. They merely created a static document that you [...]
New Anti-Money Laundering Guidance
Money Laundering is bad and financial institutions need to have internal controls policies, procedures and processes to identify higher-risk accounts and monitor the activity. At the core of an anti-money laundering program is that an institution must know its customers and the risks presented by its customers. The program becomes more difficult when the customer [...]
Federal Regulators Issue Final Model Privacy Notice Form
Eight federal regulatory agencies today released the final model privacy notice form. It’s supposed to make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about consumers. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, institutions must notify consumers of their information-sharing practices and inform consumers of their right to opt out of certain sharing [...]
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