The SEC Will Ask for Your RIA Firm’s AI Policy. Are You Ready?
The SEC is signaling that it will question registered investment advisory firms about their internal AI policies during examinations. Firms that have not yet formalized how they govern AI use may find themselves unprepared for regulatory scrutiny.
Why this matters: If you work at or invest through an RIA, this matters to you. Advisors are already using AI to make or support decisions about people's money. The SEC asking for a written AI policy is a way of asking whether firms actually have control over those tools. A policy that exists only on paper is not the same as real oversight. The pressure here is useful, but the real test is whether regulators look at what the AI actually does, not just what the policy says about it.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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