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Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 John Churchill	Schapiro in, Glauber Out at NASD in 2007 Mary Schapiro, head of NASD Regulatory Policy and Oversight, will be taking over for Robert Glauber as chairman of the NASD at the end of the year. One tough cop replaces another.
Registered Rep. January 12, 2006 John Churchill	Schapiro in for Glauber at NASD 2007 The NASD Board of Governors announced today that Mary Schapiro, currently the self-regulator's head of Regulatory Policy and Oversight, will become the NASD's chairwoman when the term of its current chief ends in December 2006.
Registered Rep. October 20, 2004 Will Leitch	Tough Talk at SIA Mutual Fund Conference NASD Chairman and CEO Bob Glauber blasted the mutual fund industry for trying to shift the focus of SEC regulation away from the people it was intended to protect: the investors.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006	Comings & Goings SEC Commissioner Cynthia Glassman announced her intention to leave the commission... The NASD promoted three executives as part of a larger leadership transition... Stuart Bohart has been named head of alternative investments... etc.
Investment Advisor June 2006 Elizabeth Festa	B/d Briefing: Regulating Annuity Sales The NASD is taking steps to assess oversight of the sales of all types of annuities by the patchwork quilt of regulatory agencies overseeing the products and move toward a level playing field of regulation without formulating any new rulemaking of its own.
Registered Rep. July 30, 2007 Halah Touryalai	FINRA Sticks as SEC Approves Regulator Consolidation After some minor bumps along the way, the NASD and NYSE merger is official.
Investment Advisor September 2006 James J. Green	An Education Summit The Certified Financial Planner Board's annual meeting focused on improving financial literacy and financial eduction programs from elementary school on up.
CFO February 1, 2009 Edward Teach	The SEC under Schapiro Can Mary Schapiro restore investors' confidence in the beleaguered regulator?
Registered Rep. August 21, 2006 Kristen French	NYSE and NASD Hold Merger Talks It is not yet clear whether a deal will actually go through, or whether the financial regulators would merge their arbitration systems or keep them separate.
Investment Advisor April 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	News & Products Mary Schapiro, NASD Chairman and CEO, announced that the regulatory consolidation between NASD and NYSE Member Regulation is on track... Securities America, Inc. launched a new Assistant of the Year program... etc.
Investment Advisor February 2009 Melanie Waddell	Mary Schapiro's Priorities Mary Schapiro tells the Senate Banking Committee what her priorities will be at the SEC.
Registered Rep. January 18, 2006 John Churchill	NASD Enforcer Departing for the Dark Side Barry Goldsmith, the NASD's executive vice president for enforcement, will be leaving the regulator in March for private practice at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
Investment Advisor February 2009 Melanie Waddell	Is Mary What the SEC Needs? The alternative to FINRA overseeing advisors, and what advisors would definitely prefer, is a self-regulatory organization.
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 Jesse Westbrook	Why the SEC Keeps Backpedaling New Chairman Schapiro could be caving in to business pressure.
Financial Advisor February 2006 Tracey Longo	NAPFA: Holier Than Thou The chairwoman of the the small and once-feisty organization for fee-only financial advisors seeks balance between the group's rabble-rousing roots and concern for members.
Investment Advisor August 2006	Changes Kathleen Casey was confirmed by the Senate to replace the departing Cynthia Glassman as an SEC Commissioner... AIG Financial Advisors, Inc. has named Lisa Bredeson as senior VP and COO... etc.
Registered Rep. March 9, 2006 Halah Touryalai	NYSE Reg. And NASD: Merger `Em?; A Senate Committee Opens Hearings on SROs Are federal securities laws crafted in the 1930s still effective 70 years on? And, more important, is a privately owned, for-profit NYSE Group able to "self-regulate" itself without being mired in conflicts? And, as registered reps, should you care?
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Bill Singer	Two-Tiered Justice? A recent SEC report shows that the NASD is far less enthusiastic about policing itself --- despite the fact that such self-regulation is part of its charter.
On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Mark Astarita	Changes at the SEC: Schapiro Should Be Benefit to Advisors One can expect that as head of the SEC Mary Schapiro will understand the impact of new rule proposals and enforcement initiatives and will temper the calls for more extreme changes that would ultimately harm the markets and the financial industry.
BusinessWeek September 11, 2006 Emily Thornton	Staying Ahead Of The Scam Artists NASD's new chief is zeroing in on ways to prevent retirees from being bilked.
Registered Rep. May 14, 2007 Kevin Burke	NASD Chair Sees Better Oversight of New Products Mary Shapiro told mutual fund executives she sees better regulation of investment products as a result of a merged NYSE and NASD. While this may be better news for investors, purveyors of mutual funds may find themselves in the crosshairs.
Investment Advisor August 2009 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Something About Mary The drive to reregulate financial advice shifted into high gear on June 17, when the Obama Administration released its white paper containing proposals for 21st Century Financial Regulatory Reform, and passes it to SEC chair Mary Shapiro.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Kara P. Stapleton	Changes People on the move.
Investment Advisor August 2006 James J. Green	IA Leaders: Back in the Saddle As her NAPFA chairmanship concludes, Peggy Cabaniss moves to her next challenge. Here is an interview on how she got started in the business, on what she provides to clients and the future of the industry.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Why NAPFA Matters Can the future of financial planning really depend on folks who fudge their numbers?
Registered Rep. January 14, 2009	Schapiro, FINRA Head And Obama's SEC Chair Selection Head To D.C. Tomorrow For A Confirmation Hearing Mary L. Schapiro heads to Capitol Hill tomorrow morning for the hearing on her Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Financial Advisor June 2012 Jim McConville	Napfa Elects New Chair, Launches Web Sites The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors has tapped Ron Rhoades to succeed Susan John as chairman of the fee-only planners group.
Registered Rep. December 6, 2006 Kevin Burke	FIA Calls for Schapiro to Resign Two groups of small broker/dealer firms are calling for Mary Schapiro to step down.
Investment Advisor July 2006	Changes The SEC announced that Susan Ferris Wyderko, director of the Office of Investor Education and Assistance, will leave the Commission... President Bush has nominated Kathleen Casey to replace SEC Commissioner Cynthia Glassman...
Investment Advisor December 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	Three-Part Harmony Financial advisors, sing along as the SEC is set to look at proposals for regulatory rules that have been harmonized in an attempt to eliminate, or greatly reduce, conflicts, duplication, and confusion, in a new hybrid set of rules.
Investment Advisor March 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell	SEC Fiduciary Rule May Hit by Summer Despite the advisory industry's hopes that the Securities and Exchange Commission would get a quick start on writing a rule to put brokers under the same fiduciary standard as advisors, it looks as though a rulemaking could come by summer.
Investment Advisor August 2009 Melanie Waddell	Congress Presses Schapiro to Protect Investors While members of Congress praised SEC Chairman Schapiro for acting quickly to institute changes at the agency, lawmakers said more work needs to be done to protect investors.
Wall Street & Technology January 6, 2006 Ivy Schmerken	Everything's Coming Up Hybrid Will a joint NYSE - NASD regulator result in the $100 million-a-year savings that the NASD is proposing in the hybrid regulation of dual member firms?
Investment Advisor May 2009 Bob Clark	Clark at Large: Creationism Investors and other financial consumers would be best served by a Glass-Steagall clone, separating financial advice from any and all financial product manufacturing, marketing, or sales.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 John Churchill	Size-ism? Ten years after the formation of the Small Firms Advisory Board, many small firms say they are still getting pushed around by bigger firms -- and this time the NASD is taking the side of the bullies.
Registered Rep. October 27, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Schapiro: Don't Expect Respite From Reform Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro lays out a number of regulatory issues the SEC will be paying close attention to in the coming months.
Investment Advisor February 2009 Melanie Waddell	Teaming Up for Change The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, the Financial Planning Association, and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards -- which have joined forces to lobby Congress on financial services reform -- christen themselves the Financial Planning Coalition.
Registered Rep. January 16, 2004 John Churchill	NASD Charges Waddell & Reed With Violations The NASD Wednesday slapped Waddell & Reed with more than 6,700 complaints, charging that the firm systematically encouraged brokers to recommend unsuitable variable annuity exchanges to its customers.
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad	5 Questions A short interview with Margaret Sheehan, author of Practical Guide to NASD Regulation about the outlook for the NASD in 2007.
Registered Rep. October 26, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Citi Fined by NASD for Hedge Fund Marketing Citigroup was censured and fined, but neither admitted nor denied the charges. A company spokeswoman said the firm "took immediate action in cooperating fully with the NASD to make sure all materials comply with current NASD guidance."
Investment Advisor August 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	News and Products NASD Chairman Mary Schapiro announced July 12 that the new self-regulatory organization... Raymond James advisors Judith McGee, Sheryl Stephens, and Margaret Starner were listed... etc.
Investment Advisor June 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell	Schapiro Says SEC to Focus in July on Fiduciary, 12b-1 The Commission will look at fund regulation "in tandem" with RIA/BD reform.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2004 David A. Gaffen	Sharp Words for the NASD From Raymond James' Averitt The CEO directed biting criticism towards NASD regulators currently investigating fee-based advisory practices. Advisors also pointed out that the asset allocation and investing processes are being left out of the equation.
Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green	Broker/Dealer Briefing: A Shot Over the Bow FINRA is quietly conducting a sweep of broker/dealers that could be the first steps to having the SRO take over regulation of registered investment advisors from the SEC -- something the former NASD has long desired.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad	4 Questions Mary Schapiro is chairman and CEO of the NASD, which is set to merge later this year with the New York Stock Exchange. Here, she spoke about the new organization that she has been appointed to lead.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007 Kevin Burke	The New SRO Plans for the NYSE/NASD regulatory consolidation are moving quickly toward an April 2 deadline. But executives question whether the proposed governance structure for the consolidated regulator could change the nature of regulation in the industry for the worse.
Registered Rep. January 22, 2007 John Churchill	Votes In, NASD and NYSE Merger Likely; Will Dissenters Challenge? The securities industry won't have dual self-regulatory organizations to complain about anymore. The NASD announced over the weekend that member firms overwhelmingly approved to consolidate the NASD and the NYSE into one.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 David Thetford	Compliance Tips VA Due Diligence: Rising popularity and complexity have made variable annuities a target for the SEC and NASD.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006	Ten To Watch 2006 The Innovator: Rob Arnott, Chairman, Research Affiliates... The Manufacturer: Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock... The Watchdog: Mary Schapiro, Chairman and CEO of NASD... etc.
Investment Advisor June 2007 James J. Green	A Level Playing Field An interview with NAPFA's Dick Bellmer on the group's consumer education campaign on fiduciary standards.