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Adviser Compliance, Crypto, Money Laundering Among SEC Exam Priorities

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Cybersecurity. Cryptocurrency. Money laundering. In a recently released report on its examination priorities for 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Examination – better known as EXAMS – highlighted several areas it int...

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Court Decisions Further Complicates Crypto Regulation

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has suffered yet another loss on a cryptocurrency issue in court, adding more upheaval to the messy process of building a new regulatory regime from scratch. The latest legal setback came in the form o...

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Regulatory Focus on Crypto Continues as FASB Tentatively Approves New Accounting Standards

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In keeping with U.S. regulators’ efforts to get a grip on cryptocurrency, the Financial Accounting Standards Board last week tentatively approved much-anticipated rules affecting how businesses account for and disclose crypto assets. The ne...

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It’s All About the Money (Laundering)

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is sounding the alarm about money laundering. The SEC Division of Examinations sent out a risk alert last month warning that broker-dealers are underfunding and understaffing their anti-money-launderin...

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SEC Cracks Down on Crypto Exchanges

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The big story in the investment world last week was the Securities and Exchange Commission initiating a long-anticipated showdown with the cryptocurrency sector. On June 5, the agency filed a lawsuit against the world’s largest crypto excha...

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