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Compliance Glossary

Gifts and Entertainment 

Gifts and entertainment means anything of value that is offered by any Company personnel to a third party, that party’s relatives, friends and close associates, or which might be offered by a third party to any Company personnel, their relatives, friends or close associates.

In regulatory compliance, Gifts and Entertainment  is:

Regulations regarding gifts and entertainment compliance are designed to ensure no conflicts of interest arise from the giving or receiving of gifts over a certain amount. FINRA, MSRB, the FCA, and more generally the SEC, all have specific requirements and regulations regarding this compliance concern.