By Aaron Nicodemus2022-07-21T16:00:00
Communication between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the compliance community is not happening as robustly as compliance practitioners would like. The result is compliance officers are more concerned than ever the agency will target them in an enforcement action.
2023-10-18T14:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda called for the agency to establish a framework that would describe scenarios in which a chief compliance officer would be held liable for securities law violations made by their firm.
2022-09-16T14:30:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
To see a prominent representative from the CFTC accuse the SEC of “regulation by enforcement” might raise the eyebrow of some observers. But it shouldn’t—not when that’s the latter’s stated strategy.
2022-07-05T17:41:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
What would it look like if the SEC adopted a chief compliance officer liability framework? Commissioner Hester Peirce offered a preview in a statement regarding an enforcement action against the CCO of a formerly registered investment adviser.
2025-10-14T19:44:00Z By Anna Grover, CW guest columnist
Most compliance professionals have faced it: a regulator or client requests a policy, and several slightly different “final” versions appear. The issue often stems from reactive, siloed work without a unified governance framework.
2025-10-10T20:28:00Z By Tom Fox
Compliance professionals have long known that systems fail when governance does. An MIT study’s finding that 95 percent of enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) pilots fail underscores how essential compliance-grade discipline is to the success of emerging technologies.
2025-10-09T15:24:00Z By Brett Erickson, CW guest columnist
Banks emphasize risk-based compliance in their AML programs, citing it to regulators and embedding it in policy, yet many institutions still handle risk very differently in practice.
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