Is a chief compliance officer (CCO) at a broker-dealer automatically on the hook for any regulatory mishaps at a firm? Not necessarily, says FINRA, the self-regulatory organization (SRO) for U.S. broker-dealers. FINRA officials issued a regulatory notice last month that sets out to clarify a CCO’s role. The notice focuses on the scope of Supervision… Read More >>
Do Regulators Need to Clarify CCO Liability?
“Regulators, compliance officers and the investing public would all benefit from the adoption of a framework for evaluating potential cases against chief compliance officers (CCOs) in the financial sector.” So says the New York City Bar Association, which has offered a proposal for doing just that. The proposal, a follow-up to the committee’s February 2020… Read More >>
EBS’s EMS to Link to IHS Markit’s thinkFolio
EBSI Connectivity Slated for Q4 EBS, a provider of electronic trading platforms and IT for foreign exchange markets, will be offering connectivity between the EBS Institutional (EBSI) execution management system (EMS) and thinkFolio, a multi-asset investment management platform from vendor IHS Markit, vendor officials say. The new service is slated to be available during the… Read More >>
CFTC Grants Relief for Swap Dealer’s CCO
The chief compliance officer (CCO) of an as-yet unnamed swap dealer has been granted relief from certain reporting line requirements under CFTC regulations, officials say. The CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) provided conditional no-action relief to a provisionally registered swap dealer, according to a commission statement, permitting the firm, subject to… Read More >>
Regulatory Onslaught Brings New Respect for Compliance
Over the past few years chief compliance officers (CCOs) have gone from wet blankets to hot tickets. In the process they’ve seen their job description undergo a shift just as fundamental as the rapidly changing regulations whose impact on financial services firms have thrust CCOs into the spotlight. The job market for CCOs and other… Read More >>
