Record year for SEC enforcement sees $8.2 billion in fines through 2024
The SEC has released its annual enforcement results for 2024, giving insight into the number of enforcement actions, totals fines imposed, and a comparison of the regulator’s achievements year-on-year.
SEC speech outlines that communications compliance enforcements aren’t going anywhere
A speech from Sanjay Wadhwa, acting director of the SEC’s division of enforcement, has spelled out that the regulator will continue to focus on off-channel communications and the importance of cooperation.
Has the FCA abandoned ‘Name and Shame’?
Recent responses by senior figures at the Financial Conduct Authority during a U.K. government committee hearing have outlined that the regulator will “fundamentally reshape” the controversial proposals.
FCA publishes first non-financial misconduct survey results
The results of the FCA’s first survey into instances of non-financial misconduct across the finance sector show that recorded instances of NFM have increased by more than two-thirds in three years
FCA interviews ‘finfluencers’ under caution: Did social media just get serious?
The Financial Conduct Authority is interviewing 20 finfluencers under caution, shortly after setting trial dates for nine others for promoting unauthorized trading schemes. With criminal proceedings on the horizon, are firms taking social media risk seriously?
Is the FCA’s “Name and Shame” approach here to stay?
While the FCA’s suggested shift towards a more transparent enforcement approach received substantial pushback from the finance industry, recent speeches by senior figures have indicated that “name and shame” is here to stay.
Regulatory Wrestling – The Compliant Culture Smackdown: Blow by Blow
Pull up your ringside seat and re-live the rumble with our blow-by-blow breakdown of Regulatory Wrestling – The Compliant Culture Smackdown.
SEC will reward cooperation where firms “mess up” with unauthorized communication
SEC Chair, Gary Gensler has suggested that financial institutions “did not act as if they got the message” around unauthorized communications. Is the regulator changing its approach?