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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 |
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? |
Investment Advisor October 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
Slight Growth in RIAs The universe of registered investment advisors grew only slightly during the past year. |
Investment Advisor September 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Hedge Funds Continue to Deregister During the past year, 732 hedge fund advisors have deregistered, according to the Investment Adviser Association and National Regulatory Services seventh annual report, Evolution/Revolution, which profiles the advisor profession. |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sherri Scordo |
Indepedent Broker-Dealers/Financial Advisor's 2007 Snapshot of Leading Firms Advantage Capital Corporation... AIG Financial Advisors... American General Securities, Inc... etc. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Melanie Waddell |
SEC Sets Out Strategic Plan The Securities and Exchange Commission publishes its Draft Strategic Plan outlining the Commission's strategic goals for 2010 through 2015. |
Investment Advisor October 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Obama Calls for End to Some Bush-Era Tax Cuts; Fiduciary Lobbying Continues Some experts see a tax deal in early 2011 |
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Keeping Political Contributions Compliant A new rule on political contributions by investment advisors may make donations dangerous. |
Investment Advisor August 2006 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Will the SEC Appeal? Hedge fund advisor registration has been an extremely contentious issue. Some feel there will be grave consequences for the SEC and the investing public should the House bill requiring registration be shot down. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Will the States Be Able to Regulate Big RIAs? State regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet soon to iron out the details of shifting nearly 4,000 advisors from federal to state supervision. |
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. |
Registered Rep. April 20, 2011 |
Wednesday Link Roundup: April 20, 2011 Bill Gross Announces PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund... What If Lehman Failed Today?... Advisors to Clients: The Tax Man Cometh... SEC Names New Head of National Broker/Dealer Program... more... |
Investment Advisor November 17, 2010 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Will You Stay SEC Registered in 2011? Regulatory changes could cause confusion for advisors |
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell |
FINRA Jockeys for SRO Spot as SEC Report to Congress Nears The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is engaged in a full-court press to convince the SEC that it should be the SRO for advisors. |
Investment Advisor May 2010 David Tittsworth |
What a Reinvigorated SEC Will Mean for You The first in a series of occasional commentaries by the executive director of the Investment Adviser Association. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Brian Hamburger |
Regulation Season A look forward at the real effects of regulatory change - and they could be as unattractive as they are expensive. |
Registered Rep. October 30, 2015 |
The State of Independence: ETF Plays Advisors' knowledge of exchange traded funds is lacking. |
Registered Rep. September 16, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
RIA Interest in Financial Planning Grows, Industry Data Suggests Financial planning activities are playing a growing role in the service offerings of registered investment advisors. |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Thomas D. Giachetti |
When Should You Register? Should an investment advisor with $30 million of "assets under management" register with the SEC? It depends on whether the advisor has "qualifying" assets under management. |
Registered Rep. March 4, 2009 John Churchill |
SEC Sued by Stanford Group Advisors for Violation of Constitutional Rights The SEC has frozen client accounts of Stanford Financial Group advisors, and has ordered them not to communicate with their clients. The advisors are fighting back. |
Registered Rep. January 12, 2011 Diana Britton |
Advisors Back Liquidity Bank Proposal For Money Market Funds, With Some Caveats The Investment Company Institute sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday pushing for the liquidity facility as the best solution for propping up money market funds. |
Registered Rep. May 13, 2003 Ross Tucker |
Mass Defections at Waddell & Reed An en masse defection of advisors from several Waddell & Reed offices in the New York and Connecticut region has begun, according to a former executive closely involved in the situation. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2013 Kenneth Corbin |
SEC Registration Deadline Looms As annual registration nears, compliance experts warn RIAs to be cautious about their numbers. |
Investment Advisor May 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: The SEC Reformation An exclusive interview with SEC chief Mary Schapiro regarding financial services reforms. |
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 May 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Schapiro Speaks on Fiduciary, 12b-1s In an exclusive interview, the SEC Chairman speaks her mind. |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell |
States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas. |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sherri Scordo |
Financial Advisor's 2007 Broker-Dealer Guide Top independent broker-dealers ranked by gross revenue: LPL... AIG Advisors Group... ING Advisors Network... etc. |
Financial Advisor October 2004 Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note Back in July when the Financial Planning Association filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, many advisors could be forgiven for wondering if the FPA was losing its grip on reality. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen |
Wachovia Software Emphasizes Goals Wachovia Securities wants advisors to know where their clients want to be, not just where they are now. The firm plans early this year to unveil a new software package for its advisors to help clients figure out their retirement goals and the appropriate investments to get them there. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 Anne Field |
Et tu, 529 Plans Both the NASD and the SEC have revealed they are separately investigating yet another area within the financial services sector: 529 college savings plans. |
Registered Rep. May 20, 2003 Ross Tucker |
Waddell and ING Rift Deepens Over Advisor Defections The defection of over 30 Waddell & Reed advisors in the New York and Connecticut region to Washington Square Securities (WSSI), an ING affiliate, has driven a wedge between the firms. |
Investment Advisor January 2009 James J. Green |
What to Do Now? When you're in the middle of a crisis, by definition it's difficult to plan ahead to avoid the next crisis, but that's exactly what the smart, growing, most profitable advisors tend to do. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Tracey Longo |
The Embattled Broker Exemption Rule While advisors talk a good game about their desire to see consumers protected by meaningful regulation, the Financial Planning Association remains the sole litigant in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission's so-called Merrill rule. |
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. |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Philip Palaveev |
Tortoise or Hare Which business model is most acceptable to investors? And which to advisors? |
On Wall Street April 1, 2013 Kenneth Corbin |
SEC Zeros In on Potential Conflicts of Interest The regulator's staff will investigate nondisclosures, misrepresentations, and more. |
Registered Rep. June 24, 2009 John Churchill |
SEC Says Time To Tighten Rules On Money Market Funds After one of the oldest and largest money market funds suffered such severe redemptions that the net asset value of its shares fell below $1, the SEC is proposing structural and regulatory changes for money markets |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt |
(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience. |
Investment Advisor May 2010 James J. Green |
Editor's Note: Another Modest Proposal Investment advisors should consider getting involved with the advisory panel that will get to vet every new investment product before that product can be sold. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj |
Five Questions With Amy Strong Joining Financial Research Corp. as a research analyst in 2007, she examines the state of the industry and marketing effectiveness. |
Financial Advisor May 2005 Lavine & Liberman |
Uncertain Future The Fidelity Executive Forum raises issues about where the money management industry is headed. |
Registered Rep. September 3, 2008 John Churchill |
Brokers Charged In Fraudulently Selling $1bn Of ARS To Retail Clients In the first case of its kind, the SEC announced today that it has charged two individual financial advisors with fraud related to the sale of more than $1 billion in auction-rate securities. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
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 Advisor October 2010 |
Frontline News New SEC requirements that financial advisors create a plain-English version of Form ADV Part 2... Fiduciary Standard Lobbying Season... Does Schwab's Purchase Of An RIA Portend A New Trend?... etc. |
Registered Rep. December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Show Me The Money Advisors' gross production varied widely by firm in this year's survey results. |
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. |