Dodd-Frank Requires the need to hire a Chief Compliance Officer: Is the CCO Adequately Protected??
The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is a federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act offers many sweeping changes to the financial regulatory environment and affects almost every aspect of the nation’s financial services industry. Under the Act, investment managers/advisers to private equity funds and all private investment funds will have to register as investment advisers with the SEC no later than July 21, 2011. There is a provision that exempts managers of private equity funds with less than $150 million in assets under management from...
Read MoreHow The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provision Could Affect Your Management Liability Insurance
Article written by Gregory C. Sibilio, Esq. Vice President May 16, 2011, The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provision has been in the news recently for two separate reasons. The first is that the first major federal court opinion on the provision was ordered on May 4, 2011. The second is that on May 11, House Republicans introduced new legislation to the Dodd-Frank Act at a House Committee on Financial Services subcommittee hearing. This legislation attempts to limit the Whistleblower Provision’s impact by requiring employees to report fraud to their superiors before going to the SEC. ...
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