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When Default Rates Spike — Don’t Let Your Plan Be the Next Headline
We’ve all kept an eye on default rates creeping upward lately. But here’s what catches my attention: rising defaults don’t just affect participants, they test the backbone of a plan’s design, governance, and fiduciary discipline. As defaults increase, questions cascade: Are your safe-harbor defaults still appropriate? Are participants being nudged properly, or shoved into poor allocations just because inertia took over?...By: Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.
[Video] Compliance Tip of the Day - A Clash of Cultures
Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a seasoned compliance professional or just starting your journey, we aim to provide you with bite-sized, actionable tips to help you stay on top of your compliance game. Join us as we explore the latest industry trends, share best practices, and demystify complex compliance issues to keep...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Salt Creek Acquires RealDx
Salt Creek Capital recently announced the acquisition of Real Diagnostics (RealDx). RealDx, founded in 2014 and based in Reisterstown, Maryland, is a specialist diagnostic laboratory that delivers disease-specific testing solutions primarily to small and mid-sized specialty physician offices and clinics....By: McGuireWoods LLP
Trump Administration Drastically Escalates Russian Energy Sector Sanctions Alongside U.S. Allies
On October 22, 2025, amidst increasing pressure from Congress and after the cancellation of a planned summit between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin in Budapest, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed blocking sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies. This action follows a series of failed attempts by President Trump to broker peace in Ukraine and increasing Trump Administration frustration regarding Russia’s continued...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
US Imposes Comprehensive Sanctions and Export Controls Restrictions on Lukoil and Rosneft
On Wednesday of last week, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took a significant further step to increase economic pressure on Russia in connection with the war in Ukraine, sanctioning Russia’s largest two oil companies, Lukoil OAO (Lukoil) and OJSC Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft). OFAC added both companies to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List pursuant to Executive Order 14024, as they are entities operating in the energy sector...By: Paul Hastings LLP
Stress-Testing AI Models: A Modern Imperative for Model Risk Management
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are now embedded in the core of banking — powering decisions in credit, fraud, anti-money laundering (AML), and more. These systems bring scale and speed — but also a new type of risk....By: Ankura
Will Crypto Capital Find a Home in the U.S.?
Two recent scholarly articles, recent administrative law decisions, and the Report of the President's Working Group on Digital Assets ("PWG Report") may provide important clues for the potential future for the regulation of bank capital in the United States related to digital assets. Viewed as a whole, they may show a relationship between the Administration's agenda and principles closely aligned with the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), both of which are likely to have an impact on the...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 258
Food Venture Financing Trends - Starship, a robotic food delivery company, announced that it raised $50 million in its Series C financing round....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Sub-Prima Lender, The Heritage Club, and Big Headache
Subprime lender PrimaLend Capital Partners files for bankruptcy protection | Reuters - Reports from Bloomberg News had revealed that the company’s creditors were going unpaid for months....By: Seward & Kissel LLP
[Video] AI Today in 5: October 27, 2025, The Trusting Your Eyes Edition
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest that pertain to AI. Top AI stories include: • Can you trust your eyes? (FT):...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
[Video] Daily Compliance News: October 27, 2025, The All FT Edition
Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News—all from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, all relevant to the compliance professional. Top stories include: • Uber, Veon whistleblower speaks....By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
SEC's Strategic Shift to Expand Retail Investors' Access to Private Assets Provides New Opportunities: An Overview and Key Considerations
The Trump administration, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leadership, has ushered in a push to "democratize" access to alternative investments. Speaking at an Investor Advisory Committee meeting on September 18, SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins stated that the SEC is "exploring ways to facilitate the ability of individual investors to participate in the private markets," but cautioned that "appropriate guardrails" are needed to provide exposure in a controlled way to protect...By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
C$176.9 Million Fine Against Cryptocurrency Exchange From FINTRAC Demonstrates Costs of Non-Compliance
The C$176.9 million administrative monetary penalty imposed against the Vancouver-based, overseas-operated, cryptocurrency exchange Xeltox Enterprises Ltd., operating under the name Cryptomus, by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) on October 22, 2025, highlights the regulatory perils that face cryptocurrency exchanges that operate in Canada outside the law....By: Bennett Jones LLP
[Video] Sunday Book Review: October 26, 2025, The Risk Management Edition
In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. Today, we review four top books on risk management. • How to be a Chief Risk Officer by Jennifer Geary • Fundamentals of Risk Management by Kate Boothroyd and Clive Thompson • The Failure of Risk Management by Douglas Hubbard • The Risk...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
[Video] 10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, October 25, 2025
Welcome to #10For10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you the compliance stories you need to know to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes, hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by the Voice of Compliance,...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Charlotte Bound: FFFinance Forum 2025, October 2025 - Fund Finance x Crypto – Tokenized Investment Funds
With the growth of fund finance we have all observed cross-over between areas such as securitization, structured finance, and the insurance sector, blurring the lines between historically separate areas. The next frontier is rapidly coming into focus: crypto. In the Cayman Islands, which is somewhat of a 'sandbox' for virtual asset experimentation and innovation, we are already thinking about virtual assets in the fund finance context....By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The US Joins the UK in Placing Comprehensive Sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil
On October 22, 2025 the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft) and Lukoil OAO (Lukoil), placing both companies, including all majority held subsidiaries worldwide, on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List....By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Delegated Regulation on RTS for Identification of Main Risk Driver of a Position Under CRR Published in OJ
Delegated Regulation 2025/1265 supplementing the Capital Requirements Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 575/2013) (CRR) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ). The Delegated Regulation, adopted in July, sets out regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the method for identifying the main risk driver of a position and for determining whether a transaction represents a long or short position as referred to in Articles 94(3), 273a(3), and 325a(2) of the CRR....By: A&O Shearman
The EU Commission’s Fifth Annual FDI Report: Significant Scrutiny in Ever More Member States
On 14 October, the European Commission (EC) issued its Fifth Annual Report on FDI screening in the Union providing an overview of FDI trends in the 27 EU Member States in 2024. The findings are much in line with the previous Annual Report showing a march towards wider and more frequent scrutiny, the introduction of more screening regimes, the expansion of existing schemes, and a significant number of transactions subject to screening by Member States....By: White & Case LLP
ESMA Issues Final Report on Amending Settlement Discipline RTS Under CSDR
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report setting out its proposed amendments to the regulatory technical standards (RTS) on settlement discipline (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1229) which supplements the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 909/2014) (CSDR). The final draft RTS aim to improve settlement efficiency across the EU and support the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle by 11 October 2027....By: A&O Shearman
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