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Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Brian Hamburger	Going for Custody As of March 12, new rules for RIAs require special (and expensive) reports and audits for custodial accounts. Are you ready?
Financial Advisor May 2011 Daniel Bernstein	The Goldilocks Dilemma The greatest problem with client agreements today is the shortcut approach too many advisors take.
Investment Advisor August 2005 Thomas D. Giachetti	Come Right In Here are some issues pertaining to an advisor's compliance-readiness, including a list of some of the more substantive issues that are currently the focus of SEC examiners.
Financial Advisor January 2004 Jay Gould	Washed Up On The Banks Of Denial The SEC has changed its policies regarding anti-fraud consent injunctions. How should investment advisors react?
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien	Regulatory Tussle Independent broker-dealers and the Securities and Exchange Commission have found themselves in a tug-of-war over how best to serve clients when registered representatives depart one firm for another.
Investment Advisor July 2010 Melanie Waddell	A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward.
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell	Advice to the SEC When it comes to the fiduciary standard, Capital Analysts President and CEO Matt Lynch says advisors "want to be sure the SEC seeks and gathers input from the industry as to how to implement these important changes."
Registered Rep. March 10, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	New RIA Custody Rules In Force Friday New rules aimed at preventing registered investment advisors from pulling off ponzi schemes are now in effect.
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Jeanne Lee	Reform Lite The 1,600-page financial reform bill passed by the Senate in May still doesn't do enough to enhance consumer protections for individual investors, some industry observers say.
Financial Advisor September 2005 Bruce W. Fraser	How To Survive The SEC Assault Advisors cite a new, more demanding compliance environment. Despite the extra financial and time burden, many advisors feel much better about their businesses, having gone through the compliance process.
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 May 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne	Fair Play: The Fight Over Rule 206(4)-5 Advisors are confused -- and angry -- over the SEC's new pay-to-play rule
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donald B. Trone	All for One... A uniform fiduciary standard of conduct, coupled with harmonized regulations, should dramatically improve the process for investors.
Financial Advisor March 2005 Tracey Longo	The Watchdog Inside Your Firm The SEC is making your chief compliance officer a whistleblower. Advisors' success with regulators in 2005 will depend largely on whether they trip themselves up or are able to create a business model that is better aligned with their clients.
Investment Advisor May 2008 Melanie Waddell	Donohue on the Rand Report & Paulson SEC exec doesn't foresee a single regulator for advisors and broker/dealers.
Financial Advisor June 2011 David Lawrence	A New Dawn More firms may merge or form strategic alliances in the wake of new rules that require small advisors to switch regulators.
Investment Advisor February 2008 Thomas D. Giachetti	Is an IPS the Answer? Investment Policy Statements can be helpful, but remember, longer documents aren't always better.
Investment Advisor November 17, 2010 Thomas D. Giachetti	Will You Stay SEC Registered in 2011? Regulatory changes could cause confusion for advisors
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Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Thomas D. Giachetti	Dodd-Frank: An Overview Of Pending Changes For Investment Advisors Dodd-Frank deadlines are fast approaching. Are you ready?
Registered Rep. April 1, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Clients in Your Pockets Playing hopscotch from one firm to another, without losing all of your clients, may soon get a little easier. That is, if the SEC's proposed amendment to privacy policy rules, also known as Regulation S-P, is approved.
Financial Advisor November 2010 David Lawrence	Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers?
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 John E. Gebauer	Your Mailbox Is Full For investment advisors, the regulations for email retention remain murky, but applying some best practices can help.
Registered Rep. August 19, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Haggling Over The F Word Continues Regulators, consumer advocates and politicians continue to hammer out what it might mean for Series 65 investment advisors and series 7 registered reps to adhere to the new fiduciary standard.
Investment Advisor August 2006 Thomas D. Giachett	Expert's Corner: A Process, Not a Destination With the advent of SEC Rule 206(4) 7, which requires SEC-registered investment advisors to implement and maintain policies and procedures appropriate for their investment advisory business, it is more critical than ever for all RIAs to recognize that compliance is an ongoing process.
Financial Advisor March 2012 Mike Byrnes	Massachusetts Addresses Social Media Regulation Results from a July 2011 survey by the Massachusetts Securities Division found a significant growth trend in advisors using social media, but also found compliance deficiencies in existing social media regulations.
Financial Advisor July 2008	Frontline News News of interest to the financial community: CFP Board's New Conduct Standards... SEC Examining More RIAs... Advisors Await Word On New Privacy Regulations... First Western Buys Fourth RIA Firm, Doubles Size...etc.
Financial Advisor October 2004 Chaplin & Giachetti	Contingency Planning And Rule 206(4)-7 What must a financial advisor do to comply?
Investment Advisor September 2010 Thomas D. Giachetti	The Compliance Coach: Will the SEC Ever Learn? Don't Count On It Get ready for new custody and ADV rules, and the $100 million threshold.
Financial Advisor November 2004 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note Big government gets bigger, especially for the financial advisor. Unfortunately, many regulators barely understand the difference between stockbrokers, financial planners and investment advisors.
Registered Rep. May 9, 2011 Gleeson & Britton	New SEC Disclosure Rules Dismay Some Advisors; Advisor Disciplinary Histories in Welcome Packets New SEC rules that require federally-registered advisors to disclose their disciplinary histories in brochures and provide them to clients will get under way in earnest by the end of the summer.
Financial Advisor April 2004 David J. Drucker	Living With The Rules How to keep the SEC happy without going out of business.
Investment Advisor June 2009 Thomas D. Giachetti	Expert's Corner: Complacency, Risk and the SEC Often advisors become complacent with respect to compliance, but all RIAs must recognize that compliance is an ongoing process requiring the review/update/amendment of regulatory filings, disclosures, and procedures.
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Investment Advisor February 2008 Melanie Waddell	A Busy Year in Washington Now that the Rand report assessing the advisory and broker/dealer industries has been released, No doubt advisors and brokers will be anticipating any possible regulatory actions that the SEC may take.
Financial Advisor July 2004 Tracey Longo	Can Prudent Practices Save Your Business? A new booklet outlines the steps fiduciaries should follow. Ignore the book at your own peril: It's already been used decisively in two lawsuits against advisors.
Investment Advisor May 2010 James J. Green	Simple, Not Simplistic Tom Giachetti preaches a simple approach to compliance for advisors: Know what you need to do, but also what you don't need to do.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Elizabeth D. Festa	What's NEXT for Reg S-P? A recent ruling against NEXT Financial Group, Inc. creates a minefield of legal issues for financial advisors.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008	Plain English: The Cost of Compliance The SEC voted in February to propose changes to the structure of the Form ADV, the disclosure document that all investment advisors must complete.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Melanie Waddell	Getting Compliance Help Now If you're one of those financial advisory firms that's still dithering on the sidelines hoping that your compliance program is up to snuff, it's time to get serious. A good place to turn for help is the Regulatory Compliance Association's new CCO University.
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On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Mark Astarita	Tilting the Litigation Landscape Against the Financial Industry Current reform proposals could radically alter the broker-client relationship.
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Investment Advisor June 1, 2011 Thomas D. Giachetti	From Deadlines to Lifelines The SEC extension of registration deadlines provides a potential grace period for stressed out advisors.
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Jeanne Lee	Regulatory Roundup With regulatory agencies under political pressure to take a tougher stance on investor protections, financial advisors need to stay abreast of a number of proposed rule changes that could come online in 2008.
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Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Robert Pozen	Think Twice Congress is seriously debating legislation that would significantly expand the coverage of the Investment Advisers Act, empower the SEC to make rules on advisor compensation and increase the likelihood of lawsuits against advisors.
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Marion Asnes	Envestnet's Fiduciary Opportunity Bill Crager, president of Envestnet, is not going to wait for Washington to figure out the fate of the fiduciary standard. The way he sees it, the market has already spoken.