NYC Bar Association Proposes a CCO Enforcement Framework
Enforcement Highlights Blog
Responding to a “concern” from Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) to the purported increase in enforcement actions holding compliance personnel personally liable, the New York City Bar Association recently released a framework of nonbinding factors it believes the SEC should consider when making CCO charging decisions. The report is titled “Framework for Chief Compliance Officer Liability in the Financial Sector” (Framework). According to the Framework, it claims that the risk of facing a career-ending enforcement action has deterred qualified individuals from assuming or remaining in the all-important CCO role.
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