UpFront » February 2025

Retail investors, typically shut out of investment opportunities in private markets, could see a relaxing of rules allowing greater access. In the lead comments, FrontLine Compliance Founder and President Amy Lynch states that the SEC under the previous Trump administration had a more lenient stance on this issue that was pro-capital formation and sought greater access to private markets for ordinary investors. She adds that the SEC went so far to make changes to the…

With a new SEC set to be in place soon, FrontLine Compliance Founder and President Amy Lynch has a bold prediction about where the country’s regulatory system will be in four years. She claims, “The reality is not much will change. The US regulatory system is pretty much set in stone. The worst they can do is nothing.” However, she adds that former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s game plan he put in place will more…

Investors of hedge funds and other private funds are increasingly demanding that these firms have comprehensive compliance oversight. Within a landscape of very competitive fundraising, managers both large and small are facing higher costs to launch funds, and outsourcing functions such as compliance support have become a necessity. According to Amy Lynch, FrontLine’s Founder and President, outsourcing can save fund managers at least 30% over an in-house hire when human resources expenses are factored in.…

Enforcement activity from the SEC is a given, but upcoming changes to its leadership will likely shift it from an aggressive stance to a more measured approach. With the lead comments in the CFO Dive story, FrontLine Compliance Founder and President Amy Lynch sees former SEC Chair Gary Gensler and incoming Chair Paul Atkins at complete opposite ends of the spectrum. She states that instead of emphasizing large-scale enforcement sweeps focused on groups of firms,…

President Trump’s executive order on cryptocurrency was meant to push forward regulations for the digital asset markets, with the first step being to create a cryptocurrency working group. It will be charged with proposing not only regulations but also determining how to create a national cryptocurrency stockpile. With the lead comments in the USA TODAY story, FrontLine’s Founder and President Amy Lynch discusses the significance of the executive order. She states that with the order,…