Doug Cornelius on compliance for private equity real estate
These are some of the compliance-related stories that recently caught my attention SEC Names Peter B. Driscoll as Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Mr. Driscoll was named as OCIE’s first Chief Risk and Strategy Officer in March 2016 after previously serving as OCIE’s Managing Executive from February 2013 through February 2016. … Read more »
Expenses charged by private equity managers to their portfolio companies and their funds has been on the SEC’s radar since Dodd-Frank. Apollo Management was one of those caught with improper fee calculations last year. One item mentioned was the inappropriate expenses charged to the funds by one of its partners. We got more detail on … Read more »
These are my notes from an ACA Compliance Webcast on this subject. I’m sure you can find a replay on the ACA website. There were three great presenters: Alicia Hyde, Partner, ACA Performance Services Mike Sonnenburg, CIPM, Managing Director, ACA Performance Services Kim Daly, Managing Director, ACA Compliance Group Definitions The first topic was what … Read more »
With the threat of war (or the crazy rantings about war) with North Korea, I thought I should learn more about the history of the conflict. I realized that most of what I knew about Korea and the Korean War I had learned from MASH. In browsing through books to read on the issue, I … Read more »
These are some of the compliance-related stories that recently caught my attention. 6 Trends in AML Compliance by Ambreesh Khanna Anti-money laundering regulations (AML), including Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, are hardly a new concept in the world of financial services. Over the years, financial institutions have largely mastered the mechanics of compliance. There is, … Read more »
TIC refers to Tenancy in Common, not the blood-sucking insect. A TIC is a completely legal way of owning real estate that has been around for hundreds of years. When one of the parties owning real estate dies, that ownership interest passes to that owner’s heirs. The alternative is joint tenancy, in which case when … Read more »
According to the SEC Complaint and Criminal Complaint, Dawn Bennett lived the life a classic ponzi schemer who got in over her head and continued to lie and cheat, perhaps hoping to find a way out. The story caught my attention for two reasons. The first was the implication that Ms. Bennett used a voodoo … Read more »
These are some of the compliance-related stories that recently caught my attention. In Defense of Compliance Checklists by Michael Volkov in Corruption, Crime & Compliance If a compliance officer can persuade the business side to take responsibility for compliance, compliance officers should develop simple checklists and other mechanisms to support the business. For example, the … Read more »
The United States has a long arm in imposing financial restrictions. U.S. companies cannot assist their foreign subsidiaries or affiliates with sales to sanctioned countries or persons on the blocked persons list. A US company got caught doing this. White Birch was accused of facilitating the sale and shipment of Canadian paper from White Birch’s … Read more »
One of the arguments made by Lynn Tilton in her battle against the administrative law judges of the Securities and Exchange Commission was the inherent unfairness of that judicial system compared to the federal courts. She failed in her battle against the system, but won on the merits. From October 2010 through May 2015, 90 … Read more »