Five Corruption Risks in the Financial Services Industry

Given the increased attention from the government, how can principals and employees of private equity firms, hedge fund managers, broker-dealers and other financial services firms – as well as their principals and employees – protect themselves from FCPA violations?  What are the most vulnerable parts of their businesses?  At a recent PracticeEdge session hosted by the Regulatory Compliance Association, “FCPA Regulation and Enforcement for Asset Managers,” Ronald Wood, a partner at Proskauer Rose; Kara Brockmeyer, Chief of the SEC’s FCPA Unit; Andrew Levine, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton; and Paula Anderson, a partner at Shearman & Sterling, identified five major risk areas for the financial services industry and explained how companies can mitigate those risks.  See also “Compliance Leaders from Citgroup and Morgan Stanley Examine FCPA Risks and Solutions for Financial Institutions” (May 14, 2014).

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