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Effective Date: Delaying the Effective Date of the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers

AGENCY:

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Treasury.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

FinCEN is amending the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Program and Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers (IA AML Rule) to delay the effective date by two years. As part of this delay, FinCEN is amending the date by which an investment adviser must develop and implement an AML/CFT program.

DATES:

As of December 31, 2025, the effective date of the rule published September 4, 2024, at 89 FR 72156 is delayed until January 1, 2028. This rule is effective January 1, 2028.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/02/2025-24184/delaying-the-effective-date-of-the-anti-money-launderingcountering-the-financing-of-terrorism

  • January 1, 2028
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