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Vigilant Celebrates 17 Years of Compliance Excellence
August 17, 2021Vigilant Announcements Vigilant celebrates 17 successful years in business as of August 15th, 2021. Vigilant was founded by[...]
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FINRA Cites MSRB Rule G-13 in Action Against Broker Dealer
August 12, 2021Whitepapers | FINRA One of Vigilant’s Directors, Deane Armstrong, created a Whitepaper discussing issues raised by the recent FINRA[...]
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July 2021 Recap
August 03, 2021July 2021 Recap| Monthly Newsletters In the month of July there were many important SEC Releases and Risk Alerts, as well some insights[...]
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Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert about Examining Investment Advisers that Manage Client Accounts Participating in Wrap Fee Programs
July 28, 2021Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert about Examining Investment Advisers that Manage Client Accounts Participating in Wrap Fee Programs |[...]
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Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert about Examining Investment Advisers on Principal and Cross Trades
July 23, 2021Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert about Examining Investment Advisers on Principal and Cross Trades | Risk Alerts On July[...]
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Mutual Fund to ETF Conversion
July 22, 2021Mutual Fund to ETF Conversion | Vigilant Insights What steps are you taking in this vital structural decision? According to[...]
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June 2021 Compliance Recap
July 16, 2021Compliance Recap June 2021 | Monthly Newsletter In the month of June there were many important SEC Releases, as well as quite[...]
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Receiving Transaction-Based Compensation? You Must Be Registered As A Broker-Dealer.
July 14, 2021SEC Charges Electronic Trading Platform | SEC Release On June 29th, 2021, the SEC announced that Neovest, Inc. failed to[...]
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SEC Commissioner Provides Updates Towards Climate, ESG, and More
July 07, 2021SEC Release On June 28th, 2021, the 2021 Society for Corporate Governance National Conference took place, where there[...]
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ESG Rules Update from Commissioner Elad L. Roisman
June 29, 2021Vigilant Insights | SEC Release On June 22nd, 2021, the SEC posted a speech regarding ESG Rules and if the SEC[...]
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8 Benefits to Engaging a Compliance Consultant
June 22, 2021Vigilant Insights | How Engaging with a Compliance Consultant can Help YOU! Should I engage a Compliance Consultant? What[...]
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SEC Announces Annual Regulatory Agenda for Spring 2021
June 16, 2021Vigilant Insights On June 11th, 2021, the SEC announced the Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory[...]
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