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You are the compliance supervisor for a securities investment adviser and you have just received a notice that your firm is on the 2017 schedule to be examined by the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”). Your firm has never been examined before and you have been asked to draft an examination preparation memorandum in anticipation of the exam.
1. What areas of your firm’s compliance program would you focus on?
2. Prepare a memorandum that can be used by the firm to prepare for the upcoming examination.
In the memorandum, clearly explain which OCIE examination priorities will be of most significance to your firm in preparation for the examination.
3. i. Discuss at least 2 examination priority areas.
1.In accordance with the “Investment Advisors Act, 1940” The company identifies the 2017 selected examination priorities of the “Office of Compliance Inspection and Examination” for the “Securities and Exchange Commission”. The company intends to conduct examination of the organisation in order to promote compliance, prevent fraud by identifying risk and informing policies. The organisation intends to focus on the thematic areas as stated under “Rule 206- (4)-7” under the Investment Advisors Act 1940 in compliance with the “Financial Industry and Regulatory Authority” are as follows;
2.Memorandum Circular No: 01
To: Senior Management
From: Office of Compliance Inspection and Compliance Supervisor
Date: 28/02/2017
Subject: Joint Securities and Exchange Commission and FINRA examination of the organisation:
The current memorandum is based on the discussion of the areas of significance relevance for SEC/FINRA examination. The memorandum focuses on sales practice and operational risk as the examination areas, which is significant to the regulatory requirement. The operational risk undertaken aims to review the supervisory control of the organisation in compliance with the rules and regulations. The memorandum lays down that the two components undertaken for examination is considered as paramount to the sales practice and operational risk.
The memorandum states down that all the regulatory requirements should be followed in order to ensure that appropriate bookkeeping procedures are followed. The authorities of SEC have the authority to evaluate the broker, dealer and investment advisor.
The company will continue to emphasis on the investors, advisers and services offered by the broker or dealer in order to provide service to the investors with the retirement accounts. The investors are more reliant on their own investments for retirement income and the company is devoted in increasing its attention to problems affecting the senior investors.
The company aims to assess the structural risks and trends governing the rules of the money market funds to construct structural and functional reforms in order to address the risk of redemptions in the money market funds.
Thank You
Regards
3.i.The company examination plans are intended to focus on the areas of exam programmes, which are specifically critical in the current market environment. These areas consist of;
ii.Below listed are the deficiencies and weakness, which is of paramount importance with respect to the advisors regulatory filling obligations, are;
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