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Publication Advising with Purpose in an AI-Driven Future
As clients navigate major life transitions such as divorce, career changes, or starting new businesses, they need guidance that blends practical financial strategy with empathy and emotional awareness. While Artificial Intelligence (AI) can gather data and run analysis efficiently, it cannot capture the human aspects of these challenges or the personal goals that define a new stage of life....By: UB Greensfelder LLP
What’s Next for Global PE in 2026? More Exits and Creative Solutions
Global private equity (PE) activity is gaining momentum as market stability returns. After a period of volatility, investors in the US, Europe, and Asia have grown more confident operating within today’s macroeconomic and regulatory environment, while capital remains plentiful and pressure to deploy is rising....By: Goodwin
CFPB Says Some Earned Wage Access Products Not Considered Credit
On December 23, 2025, the CFPB issued an advisory opinion stating that “covered” earned wage access (EWA) products fall outside the definition of credit under TILA’s Regulation Z, withdrawing a Biden Administration July 2024 proposed interpretive rule identifying all EWA products as credit....By: Goodwin
New York Employers: 2026 Retirement Compliance Deadline is Approaching
New York State is rolling out a mandatory retirement savings requirement that will affect many private employers – including those in NYC – starting in 2026. The New York State Secure Choice Savings Program was established in 2021 but will soon go into effect for all private employers in New York State with 10 or more employees......By: Goldberg Segalla
Alternative Commercial Finance Monthly | December 2025
The compliance calendar just got complicated. Welcome to 2026. If you're hoping for regulatory clarity, we have bad news. The compliance calendar we'd all been planning around has turned into something closer to a weather forecast—there are dates on the books, but whether anything actually happens on those dates is anybody's guess....By: Husch Blackwell LLP
The CFPB’s Proposed Disparate Impact Amendments to Regulation B
Earlier this year, President Trump issued Executive Order 14281 (the “Executive Order”) directing a review of existing federal regulations and guidance documents that impose disparate impact liability (sometimes referred to as “effects test” liability) to determine whether they should be amended or repealed “as appropriate under applicable law.”...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads
House passes the INVEST Act that proposes sweeping changes to securities laws
On December 11, 2025, the US House of Representatives, with a vote of 302 to 123, passed the Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act. The INVEST Act is now headed to the US Senate but it remains unclear when the Senate vote will occur and whether the Senate will approve the INVEST Act in its totality....By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2025
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: Did the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) continue its winning streak in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) related trials? Did a U.S. appellate court uphold an earlier DOJ FCPA trial victory?...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
Investment Manager Consolidation in Real Estate: Trends, Drivers, and Considerations
Consolidation among real estate investment managers has long been a feature of the market. What distinguishes the current landscape is the breadth of market participants and range of strategic objectives and deal structures being deployed....By: Goodwin
EIOPA launches consultation on IRRD
On 9 December 2025, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published on its website a set of seven consultation papers to support the implementation of the Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive (the IRRD or the Directive). The Directive, which has to be transposed into national law by 28 January 2027, aims to establish a harmonised framework for crisis management in the European insurance sector, enhancing financial stability and policyholder protection....By: DLA Piper
CFS Bites of the Month - 2025 Annual Review - Mortgage
In this article, we share a timeline of monthly "bites" for the past year applicable to Mortgage....By: Hudson Cook, LLP
[Video] 31 Days to Effective Compliance Program: Day 15 - Monitoring and Improving Internal Controls
Welcome to 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program. Over this 31-day series in January 2026, Tom Fox will post a key component of a best-practice compliance program each day. By the end of January, you will have enough information to create, design, or enhance a compliance program. Each podcast will be short, at 6-8 minutes, with three key takeaways that you can implement at little or no cost to help update your compliance program. I hope you will join each day in January for this...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
[Video] AI Today in 5: January 15, 2026, The AI for IA Edition
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition 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 five stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest about AI. Top AI stories include: • AI for internal audit. (DataSnipper):...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
[Video] FCPA Compliance Report: The Role of AI and Data Analytics in Compliance: Preview of The Leading Edge with Roxanne Bras Petraeus and Andrew McBride
Today, we have a special edition of the FCPA Compliance Report, previewing speakers and presentations at the upcoming Compliance Week event, The Leading Edge: Applying AI and Data Analytics in E&C, to be held at The Westin Fort Lauderdale on January 28 and 29. In this episode, Tom Fox is joined by Roxanne Bras Petraeus, CEO of Ethena, and Andrew McBride, Founder & CEO of Integrity Bridge LLC, to discuss their presentation, “Seeing is Believing: Live AI Demos for Ethics and Compliance Leaders.“...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Back by Popular Demand: CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Letter Reviving QEP Exemption for Certain Private Fund Advisers
In December 2025, the Staff of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a no-action letter (the “Letter”) that effectively reinstates the former Rule 4.13(a)(4) exemption from registration as commodity pool operators (CPOs) or commodity trading advisers (CTAs) for certain SEC-registered investment advisers with respect to commodity pools offered solely to qualified eligible persons (the “QEP Exemption”)....By: BCLP
FinCEN Finalizes 2028 Compliance Date for Adviser AML Programs
On December 31, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) finalized a two‑year delay of the effective date for the anti-money laundering/counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) program and suspicious activity reporting (SAR) filing requirements applicable to certain investment advisers. FinCEN has pushed the compliance date from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2028....By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Hong Kong Insurance Authority Issues Revised Guideline on Governance and Management of Fund(s) of Participating Business
On 19 September 2025, the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (Insurance Authority) issued a revised Guideline 34 on Governance and Management of Fund(s) of Participating Business (GL34), setting out expectations for sound and prudent business practices to be implemented and followed by authorized insurers and their board of directors (Board) regarding the governance and management of participating long-term insurance policies. The revised GL34 will take effect on 31 March 2026 other than Section 4...By: DLA Piper
OCC Proposes Rule to Clarify Scope of National Trust Bank Activities
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at clarifying the permissible activities of national trust banks. The proposal seeks to amend chartering regulations to explicitly state that national trust companies may engage in nonfiduciary activities, such as asset custody, without being required to obtain a full-service national bank charter....By: Troutman Pepper Locke
[Audio] Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Health Care Financing Compliance, Regulatory, and Privacy Pitfalls — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
In this crossover episode of Payments Pros and The Consumer Finance Podcast, guest host Taylor Gess dives into the rapidly evolving world of point-of-sale financing for medical and dental procedures with Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Jason Cover, Brent Hoard, and Erin Whaley. They unpack how HIPAA, business associate relationships, and information-sharing structures can impact financing programs in clinical settings. They explore state-level trends in California, Illinois, and New York,...By: Troutman Pepper Locke
FinCEN Finalizes Two‑Year Delay of the Investment Adviser AML Rule; Reaffirms Intent to Further Review and Tailor the Rule, and to Coordinate with Other Rulemakings
FinCEN has now adopted its previously‑proposed two‑year delay in the effective date for the investment adviser AML rule (including the requirements to establish AML programs and file SARs) until January 1, 2028. FinCEN also reaffirmed its intent to use this period to further review and tailor the rule, and it acknowledged the need to coordinate its review with the implementation of other interrelated rules, including the investment adviser CIP rule....By: Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance
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