ACA Group Boosts UK-based SEC consulting team ACA Group Boosts UK-based SEC consulting team Submitted 27|05|2021 - 9:41am ACA Group (ACA) has added Martin Fawzy to its London-based team of consultants, dedicated to providing regional US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory support to hedge funds, private equity and diversified financial services firms domiciled outside of the US. The move is particularly important to the industry as it follows the lifting of a two-year long moratorium on UK firms applying for SEC registration. In 2018, the SEC froze applications from European Union-based firms, due to concerns that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) prevented registered investment advisers from providing certain books and records to the SEC for inspection. ACAs dedicated London-based SEC team has provided support to more than 100 financial services firms registered with the FCA, Central Bank of Ireland, BaFIN, FINMA, AMF, and Swedish FSA, among other regulators. Services include SEC registration and compliance programme development, annual compliance review, mock SEC exam, SEC exam preparation, consultancy on marketing into the US, guidance on private placements and raising capital under SEC Regulation D, as well as ongoing compliance training and educational support.