As part of the SEC’s new National Exam Program Overview, OCIE highlights six areas of focus for Investment Advisers: “[T]he Program has identified specific strategic areas on which to focus when examining firms…. In FY2012, focus areas include the following priorities, among others: Complex Entities. Staff will examine for the risks and practices associated with [...]
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SEC’s National Exam Program Overview
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) mission is to protect investors through its nationwide examination and inspection program. Examiners in Washington DC and in the SEC’s 11 regional offices conduct examinations of the nation’s registered entities. Besides investment advisers, OCIE also examines broker-dealers, transfer agents, investment companies, the national securities exchanges, clearing [...]
Report on SEC Referrals to Enforcement
For a registered investment adviser, it’s okay to have the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations visit you. It’s a big problem if the enforcement division visit. OCIE will issue a deficiency letter asking you to fix any deficiencies it finds. If your noncompliance is serious or the examiners think investor funds are at [...]
SEC Inspector General Testifies In Congress
SEC Inspector General H. David Kotz In the first Congressional hearing since the Madoff scandal broke in December, Mr. Kotz said his agency’s handling of the Madoff case may be a symptom of more widespread problems with how the agency handles its examinations and investigations. Kotz testified on the subject of “Assessing the Madoff Ponzi [...]
Open Letter to CEOs of SEC-Registered Firms
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations has published an letter to CEOs of SEC Registered Firms about the importance of compliance programs during this time of “financial and market turmoil.” December 2, 2008 Dear CEO of SEC-Registered Firm: During this time of financial and market turmoil, the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations [...]
Core Initial Request for Information from Investment Advisers
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations has published its Core Initial Request for Information for Investment Adviser Examinations. The initial phase of an examination includes a review of the firm’s business and investment activities, its organizational affiliations and its corresponding compliance policies and procedures. The staff will request information and documents and speak [...]
