John R.
Cybersecurity Risk Management Update SEC Regulation S-P
In light of the recent global CrowdStrike outage, regulators are reminding the industry of their cybersecurity risk management compliance...
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John R.
- Apr 19
- 1 min
Tellefsen and Company is 40!
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of Tellefsen and Company. Gerald (Jerry) Tellefsen started the firm in April of 1984...
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John R.
- Mar 1
- 1 min
SEC Expands Statutory Definitions of Dealer and Government Securities Dealer
Latham and Watkins has posted an excellent summary of the SEC's recently updated Statutory Definitions of Dealer and Government...
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John R.
- Dec 23, 2023
- 1 min
CFTC Proposed Rulemaking on Operational Resilience
On December 18th, the CFTC issued a "Notice of Proposed Rule making to Require FCMs, Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants to...
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John R.
- Dec 11, 2023
- 1 min
Cybersecurity in the Financial Markets
In light of the January 2023 ION Markets/Fidessa ransomware attack, John Rapa and Michael Phillips of VSEC participated in a podcast...
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John R.
- Dec 11, 2023
- 18 min
Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
These Terms of Use apply to each of the pages of this website (collectively, the “Site”). Please read these Terms of Use carefully before...
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John R.
- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
Join Us for the Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum
Join us December 5th at the Tabb Forum sponsored "Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum" and meet representatives from institutions...
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John R.
- Oct 2, 2022
- 1 min
Great Panel on Digital Assets at The Trading Show Chicago
Thanks to Dan Gramza and Michael Rabkin for a great panel discussion on"New digital assets: How to overcome challenges within the...
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John R.
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
Is The Cloud All That It's Cracked Up to Be?
As cloud adoption has risen in the last 5-6 years, many firms have migrated to public and private cloud deployments. The global impacts...
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John R.
- Jul 27, 2021
- 1 min
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Hemp
Check out this Penguin link about the many uses of this fascinating plant: https://penguincbd.com/blog/hemp-facts
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John R.
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Cybersecurity Workshop Explores Risks of Attack on Data Centers
On November 10th, the FIA's Market Technology division moderated its fourth annual cybersecurity scenario workshop. This year, the event...
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John R.
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Survey Shows That The Futures Industry Was Prepared for COVID-19
Tellefsen and Company developed an industry-wide survey for the Futures Industry Association (FIA) to fully understand the impact from...
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John R.
- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
Equity Market Structure Modernization: Are Competing SIPs a Good Idea?
The SEC just adopted new rules to modernize the infrastructure for the collection, consolidation, and dissemination of market data for...
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John R.
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
Have You Done a BCP Review This Year?
With the COVID-19 impacts of the last 6 months, has your firm revisited and updated its business continuity plan (BCP) and information...
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John R.
- Aug 19, 2020
- 1 min
Great Crypto Panel at The Trading Show 2020!
I recently moderated a timely digital asset trading panel on: "Capturing Crypto Alpha - What Strategies are Maximizing Returns in the...
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John R.
- Aug 3, 2020
- 1 min
Survey Results: Financial Services Industry Impact, Response and Lessons Learned from the COVID-19
Today, we released the results of our recent financial services industry survey on the impact, response and lessons learned from the...
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John R.
- Jun 25, 2020
- 5 min
The Game Plan for Returning to the Office
Does your firm have a game plan yet for how and when to re-start your business offices and start to get to the next normal? What are your...
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John R.
- May 4, 2020
- 4 min
A Strategy for Business Office Recovery
As state and local governments loosen up their emergency orders and restrictions on the impacts of COVID-19, you need to have a game plan...
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John R.
- Apr 13, 2020
- 5 min
How Will We Know When It's Time to Reopen the Nation?
Here is a thoughtful piece from the New York Times - The New Health Section. Experts offer four benchmarks that can serve as a guide for...
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John R.
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Business Continuance in a Post C-19 World: How to Return to Business as Normal?
As a result of conversations with some of our clients, we think that firms need a game plan as to the optimal ways to begin to recover...
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Are You Prepared for the SEC's 2022 Exam Priorities?
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