A key task for compliance divisions within wealth management firms is to keep track of the activity of their broker-dealers. This includes monitoring for potential insider trading and market manipulation, trading in another person’s account, and whether the volume of trades by any one dealer on a given day violates firm-imposed caps.

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...