- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Jeff Dale2024-09-20T15:38:00
A “biblically responsible” investment adviser agreed to pay $300,000 and hire an independent compliance consultant to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it misled investors, along with other compliance failures.
Idaho-based Inspire Investing used a data-driven methodology to evaluate companies and purported to exclude investments in businesses that “do not align with biblical values,” the SEC said in a press release Wednesday.
Any companies involved in abortion, alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, stem cell research, gambling, human rights exploitation, in vitro fertilization, LGBTQ legislation, pornography, or state-owned enterprises were purportedly excluded from Inspire’s investment strategy, the SEC said.
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2025-01-17T15:49:00Z By Jeff Dale
Cannabis hedge fund Navy Capital Green Management agreed to pay $150,000 to settle charges levied by the Securirties and Exchange Commission that the firm misled investors about its AML/CFT policies and allowed a sanctioned Russian oligarch to invest.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission will host a virtual national seminar on Nov. 7 targeted toward chief compliance officers at investment companies and investment advisers.
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After dismissing its lawsuit against the crypto exchange Coinbase in March, a second investigation into the exchange by the Securities and Exchange Commission has surfaced, according to a report from the New York Times. This comes as a bit of a surprise after the Trump administration has been scaling down ...
2025-05-16T14:16:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau steps back from its core mission of protecting American consumers, states like New York and Pennsylvania are stepping up to fill the regulatory void.
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