Acceptance of remote work transitions into expanded outsourcing (Institutional Investor)

Since the beginning days of the COVID pandemic, remote work for employees became the norm and continues today. Now that money managers have accepted the role of remote work, and faced with a likely recession, they are seizing the benefits of outsourced services in lieu of internal hires. Amy Lynch, Founder and President of FrontLine, states that the continued growth of outsourced services, including the growth of compliance offerings from FrontLine, indicates that the work-from-home…

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Webinar featuring Amy Lynch on what to expect from new private fund regulations

Regulatory risk facing hedge funds and other private fund advisers is only expected to grow as the SEC and global regulatory authorities seek more expansive regulations. FrontLine’s Founder and President Amy Lynch is a featured US regulatory expert, joining an international webinar panel to discuss details of recent SEC rule proposals and other global regulatory changes. Ms. Lynch will offer guidance on the ways compliance should address upcoming private fund rules and how the changing…

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Compliance faced with onslaught of upcoming SEC rules (Fund Directions)

Challenges lie ahead for the investment industry to keep pace with the greatest volume of SEC rule and regulatory changes seen in several years. The SEC’s planned roll out of its agenda in an expedited fashion has compliance departments scrambling and critics objecting. FrontLine’s Founder and President Amy Lynch describes the large number of rules proposed as both the mark of SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s heavy-handed style, and the SEC addressing market changes and languishing…

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Recession creates a strong case for outsourcing compliance (Institutional Investor)

“Outsourced services were born out of a crisis,” states Amy Lynch, FrontLine’s Founder and President. Ms. Lynch has the lead comments in Institutional Investor‘s coverage of what an impending recession would mean for Wall Street firms and their ability to maintain back office functions, such as compliance, operations, IT and accounting. Compliance provided as an outsourced service has grown tremendously since the financial crisis of 2008, and would take on an even greater role…

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Advertising and marketing rule is the looming compliance concern (InvestmentNews)

The SEC’s fast approaching early November compliance date for its revamped rule on advertising and marketing is creating both urgent and cautious approaches by firms. This is especially the case with investment advisers use of testimonials and endorsements, now allowed as long as they meet the rule’s requirements. In lead quotes for the InvestmentNews story, FrontLine’s Founder and President Amy Lynch comments that firms need to move quickly in updating policies and procedures, and then…

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