All compliance failure articles
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ArticleConn. investment firm fined $100K for trading, compliance failures
A small Connecticut investment firm has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to settle charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding unfair trade allocation and accompanying compliance failures.
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ArticleWestpac outlines compliance failures that led to AML breaches
An internal report outlining compliance failures by Australia-based financial institution Westpac that led to 23 million breaches of the country’s AML/CTF laws concluded “a mix of technology and human error” were to blame.
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ArticleAres Management to pay $1M for compliance failures
Ares Management will pay a $1 million civil penalty to resolve charges by the SEC that it failed to implement and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material nonpublic information.
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ArticleSix compliance lessons from Wells Fargo’s really bad week
Two more settlements reached by Wells Fargo with regulators in the span of a week impart yet more “what not to do” ethics and compliance lessons.
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Chariots of Fire
Hoverboards were this holiday season’s must-have present, but ongoing product safety concerns, patent infringement lawsuits, and even a regulator raid at a prominent electronics industry tradeshow all point to a product category that has been rushed to market in more ways than one, constituting a compliance failure that is as ...