Common Practices for GIPS® Compliance
ACA has gathered all the common best practices of performance teams complying to the GIPS standards and will discuss the most common question we receive from clients, "What do other firms do?"
Webcast
GRC Solutions for Hedge Funds
We work with hedge fund managers to provide innovative governance, risk, and compliance advisory services and technology solutions that enhance their operational and business processes.
Make decisions with confidence
Feel confident knowing that your consultants have the relevant and current regulatory and in-house expertise to be a trusted adviser and partner. Our staff includes former SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FCA, OCC, and state regulators along with former Chief Compliance Officers and senior compliance managers from prominent hedge funds and other financial institutions.
Increase efficiency and streamline processes
Build a scalable and resilient compliance program with our regulatory technology software platform backed by managed services support. Our solutions are designed to help your firm streamline processes, simplify day to day tasks, and ensure easy and comprehensive tracking of all activity across your firm.
Ease the burden of day to day tasks
Get more out of your day by relying on our team for recurring task work, filings, and surveillance. Our managed services can support you with your ongoing compliance responsibilities, including compliance testing, electronic communications reviews, and other operational tasks.
Gain peer insights
You will have access to unique insights, trends, and benchmarking data gathered from the largest network of clients in your market. Since inception, we’ve worked with thousands of hedge fund managers. We've worked with 85% of the top 100 hedge fund managers (Hedge Fund Alert, May 2020) with a diverse set of investment strategies and business operations.
Solution Spotlight
Trade surveillance solutions
Regulators globally are using cutting-edge technologies to identify potential insider trading, market abuse, and other misconduct, resulting in record-breaking fines and enforcement. ACA’s trade surveillance solutions are designed to help your firm effectively, diligently, and proactively manage its firm-wide and employee trading risk in a way that meets regulatory expectations and industry best practices.
We offer a range of trade surveillance solutions designed to meet your firm’s business needs, including: market abuse surveillance, employee personal trading and code of ethics, trade blotter review, and holistic surveillance.
Read the latest news from our Hedge Fund Team
Hedge Fund Update: News You May Have Missed
In the first edition of our Hedge Fund Update we discuss recent industry news, settlements, and rulings. Read more to find out the latest news you may have missed.
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- Compliance
White Paper: Does the Use of Alternative Data Require Alternative Compliance Measures?
This white paper will explore the many compliance concerns asset managers should keep in mind when obtaining and utilizing alternative data to ensure compliance with the SEC's compliance rule.
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- Compliance
Our leadership team
Greg Mekanik
Partner
Greg Mekanik is a Partner at ACA Group. Greg manages a significant portion of ACA’s business development efforts related to the Hedge Fund Practice.
News
Michael Borts joins ACA Group as the new Chief Technology Officer
Michael Borts has joined the firm as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead ACA’s technology development, vision, and strategy. In his role, he will oversee all product development for ACA’s award-winning ComplianceAlpha® regulatory technology platform and technology enablement at the firm.
ACA Group Acquires Catelas to Create Industry-first 360 Surveillance Offering
The acquisition of Catelas further enhances the holistic surveillance capabilities of ACA’s RegTech platform. Catelas’ patented technology automates the mapping of how people connect and form groups within a firm, isolates collusion risk, and detects high-risk behaviors.
ACA Group and the Investment Adviser Association Announce Strategic Partnership
ACA Group (ACA), a leading provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisory services and technology solutions, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Investment Adviser Association (IAA), a leading organization dedicated to advancing the interests of investment advisers.
Events
Compliance Officer: The Roles and Responsibilities - 21 October 2021
The role of the Compliance Officer is a mandatory position in all firms in the Financial Services Industry. They play a major role in assisting Senior Management to ensure that appropriate and effective systems and controls are in place to achieve and maintain compliance with the applicable Rules. While the nature of the Compliance Function is likely to differ from one firm to another, this course provides an easy to follow breakdown of what the Regulator expects of a Compliance Officer and explains, in practical terms how the regulatory expectations and those of Senior Management can be achieved.
Online Training
What Concerns You? Cyber Concerns and Action Plans
Join ACA Aponix for a review of the top 5 concerns identified by our clients and the actions they plan to take to increase their first line of defense against bad actors.
Webcast