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Vigilant’s Important Announcement for the New Year!
January 21, 2021In less than 2 weeks Vigilant has some very exciting news to unveil! This news is based off of the growth[...]
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Division of Examinations Addressed the Threat from Securities Associated with Chinese Military Companies
January 08, 2021The Division of Examinations (formerly known as OCIE) released a Risk Alert on Wednesday (1/6/21) notifying Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers, and other[...]
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Compliance Recap: December 2020
January 05, 2021As 2020 comes to an end, we would like to highlight some important takeaways from the month of December and[...]
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Vigilant’s COO, Chuck Martin, Provides Insights Towards the New Advertising Rule
December 29, 2020Last week we saw the SEC unanimously pass the Advertising Rule for Investment Advisers as well as a rule that[...]
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SEC Adopts Modernized Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers
December 22, 2020The SEC just released an important announcement today (12/22) stating that it has finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to[...]
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SEC Risk Alert: OCIE Examines Broker-Dealers And Investment Advisers
December 18, 2020The SEC came out with a Risk Alert yesterday (12/17) regarding Observations from Examinations of Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (Large Trader Obligations). Here[...]
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5 Ways Vigilant can Help YOU Gain a Competitive Advantage in 2021.
December 17, 2020With unprecedented uncertainty heading into 2021 it is important to have a strong Compliance program and gain a competitive advantage[...]
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Vigilant Nomination for Best Compliance Advisory Firm
December 14, 2020Vigilant is thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted as the Best Compliance Advisory Firm for the Fund Intelligence Operations & Services Awards[...]
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Framework For Fund Valuation Practices: Rule 2a-5
December 03, 2020The SEC made an announcement today (12/03) stating that they have adopted a new rule (2a-5) that establishes an updated[...]
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Vigilant: November 2020 Compliance Recap
December 01, 2020It’s December Already! In this issue of Vigilant’s Compliance Recap, we have highlighted some important takeaways from the month of November and some reminders for the[...]
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The Role of the CCO
November 21, 2020OCIE’s Director Pete Driscoll, yesterday spoke at the SEC’s outreach program, sharing his views of the role of an Adviser’s[...]
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OCIE Risk Alert: Investment Advisor Compliance Programs
November 19, 2020Today, November 19th, 2020, The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) released a Risk Alert for Investment Advisor Compliance Programs noting significant[...]
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