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Registered Rep.
April 15, 2015
Megan Leonhardt |
Regulators Concerned B/Ds Recommending Unsuitable Products to Seniors With seniors more dependent than ever on their investments for retirement, regulators have found a number of broker/dealers may have recommended unsuitable products and not adequately disclosed risks.   |
Registered Rep.
June 19, 2012
Diana Britton |
Whose Suitability Standards? In early 2011, the SEC completed a study, mandated under Dodd-Frank reform legislation, which recommended extending to brokers who advise retail clients the same fiduciary standard that now applies to investment advisors. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Turning on the Charm Next month the SEC reports to Congress on its recommendations for enhancing examinations for investment advisors. FINRA, meanwhile, is trying to persuade movers and shakers on the Hill that it already has the answers. |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2013
Alan J. Foxman |
Proposed FINRA Procedures May Let Brokers Expunge Records Advisors may be able to erase mark against them from disputes in which they were not directly named. |
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. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2012
Mason Braswell |
Regulators Cite Trouble Spots Are firms doing all they can when it comes to handling material non-public info? |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2013
Kenneth Corbin |
Money Laundering Among Regulators' Top Priorities Now is the time to bone up on your firm's anti-money laundering policies and learn how to spot the funny money. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
A "Tougher" FINRA? FINRA has stepped up the number of cases and the value of fines they levied against advisors last year, but that doesn't neccessarily mean that the indstury's self-regulatory organization is getting any tougher. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Jim McConville |
Advisor Groups Renew Challenge To Finra's SRO Cost Estimates A coalition of financial advisor industry groups last month resumed its assault on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's cost estimates for creating a self-regulatory organization to review investment advisors. |
Registered Rep.
October 6, 2011
Andrew J. Haigney |
Opinion: FINRA Is an Ineffective Regulator FINRA, the brokerage industry's self-regulatory organization, finds itself in caught up in the industry's death spiral. This non-government, private corporation's fortunes are tied to brokerage firms. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2012
Ken Corbin |
FINRA Penalties Soar in 2012 Suitability infractions were the most common source of FINRA s disciplinary actions |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Larry Light |
The Tradeoff Registered investment advisors may end up getting to know a new regulator, but the tougher fiduciary standard they live under will also be extended to cover their broker-dealer rivals. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2012
Jonathan Hemmerdinger |
MSRB Expands Label of Sophisticated Muni Bond Investor Broker-dealers will not have to make the same disclosures to wealthier, more sophisticated individual investors that they do to other investors under a revised Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board interpretative notice approved recently by the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Jane Worthington |
Keep It Private One of the top regulatory issues for 2008 will be firms' control over their nonpublic "inside" information. Regulators have been swift to bring heavy fines -- even permanently barring perpetrators from the financial services industry. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2011
Bob Veres |
Regulatory Armaggedon The Republican leadership in Congress has proposed that the SEC authorize one or more self-regulatory organizations to take over regulation of RIAs. This has been coordinated with massive Wall Street lobbying. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2010
Chris Kentouris |
Finra Wants More Details When Someone Gets Canned Advisors, take note: FINRA wants broker-dealers to provide more detail on the reasons for dismissing an employee in reports to the regulator. |
Financial Advisor
September 2012 |
Finra Fines On Pace To Exceed 2011 Totals Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fines and disciplinary actions for 2012 are on track to significantly outpace those for 2011, according to a midyear review from the law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
June 17, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
The Fiduciary Battle Continues, Now Under Federal Microscope Among other measures, the Obama administration proposed today that the Securities and Exchange Commission require that broker-dealers offering investment advice be held to the fiduciary standard rather than the suitability standard. |
Registered Rep.
November 4, 2009
Bill Singer |
Rep. Bachus Slips One In (Not Everyone Is Cheering) Has Capitol Hill taken its legislative legerdemain to new depths? |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2009
Lauren Barack |
FINRA's Push for Greater Broker Oversight With the public's distrust of the financial community in overdrive, FINRA hopes to make disciplinary records permanently available on its BrokerCheck site. |
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. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
When Is A Blog Really An Ad? Readers write in with regulatory questions that affect financial firms and advisors. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
James J. Green |
B/D News Bulletins and news of interest to broker/dealers from FINRA and the SEC. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
Elizabeth D. Festa |
FINRA and SEC Look to Build Bridges Seminars for chief compliance officers includes recommendations for keeping the lines of communication open between broker firms, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009 |
B/D News Broker/Dealer news: SEC Enforcement... BOA and broker protocol... FINRA surveys retail sales practices... |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Mark Tibergien |
Truth and Consequence Are more regulations for the financial services sector really needed, or just better enforcement of what's now on the book? |
Financial Advisor
November 2009
Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Debate Financial services reform is coming. How will it impact advisors? |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Ron Rhoades |
An Alternative to FINRA Oversight "I expect FINRA and its allies to continue to push to extend its jurisdiction to some or all investment advisors," says Investment Adviser Association Executive Director David Tittsworth. |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Staggering Toward Reform Investor Protection Act passes with lots of fiduciary-related amendments; action on Dodd not likely until 2010. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2012
Ackermann et al. |
Hot Topics TD Ameritrade Institutional's aggressive recruiting... Small RIAs move to state regulation... Rosier view for affluent investors... |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
When FINRA Intervenes Even non-member firms (such as registered investment advisors) can voluntarily agree to use either FINRA's arbitration or mediation services. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Sneak a Peek at Your Broker's Record Find out whether your broker has been in trouble. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Bob Veres |
Gaps of Logic FINRA has been an effective bludgeon against the small independent B-D world, creating paperwork requirements whose costs are best amortized over larger hordes of retail advisors. |
Investment Advisor
June 10, 2011
Janet Levaux |
BDs Beware: Banning Facebook Is Bad Policy, Says Socialware's Chad Bockius Socialware CEO says that prohibiting use of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn might lead to financial advisors switching firms. |
Investment Advisor
December 21, 2010
James J. Green |
FSI Endorses FINRA as SRO for Investment Advisors Dale Brown says FINRA option is "best way to address the regulatory gap." |
Bank Technology News
March 2010
Michael Sisk |
How to Stay Online and Inbounds Combine the fast, freewheeling world of social networking sites with the conservative, highly regulated world of financial advice and the reconciliation is bound to awkward. |
Financial Advisor
August 2, 2010 |
Frontline News Advisor News: Gulf of Uncertainty... Small Broker-Dealer Market Shrinking... FINRA Issued More Fines, Disciplinary Actions in '09... Advisors Expect Revenue Rise In '10... Annuities Could Gain Traction In 401(k) Plans... |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
Blamed for ARS He Didn't Sell Misrepresenting auction-rate securities... BrokerCheck public disclosure system... |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2012
Alan J. Foxman |
FINRA's New Suitability Rule I'm a compliance officer for a small brokerage firm. I'm a little confused by FINRA's new suitability rule. What, if anything, extra does it require us to do? |
Financial Advisor
March 2011
Jeff Schlegel |
Is Uniformity Possible? Broker-dealers expect some changes if a new fiduciary standard is adopted. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Andrew Gluck |
Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008 |
News & Products, May 2008 Pension funding ratios fell 11% in the first quarter of 2008... FINRA, NYSE Regulation, Inc., and participants of the Options Regulatory Surveillance Authority are coordinating new, tougher regulatory efforts... |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2012
Jennifer Woods Burke |
Gotcha! Audits Get Tougher This year, the SEC and FINRA launched a webinar for firms detailing their expectations and reaffirming that whether a firm is large or small, regulators expect the same level of diligence when it comes to audits. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Donna Mitchell |
Hot Topics SEC enforcement actions... Heartland hails dividends... Regulatory changes & volatility top concerns for retirement advisors... |
Investment Advisor
April 2009 |
B/D Briefing: News & Products The latest from the broker/dealer world. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Helen Kearney |
The 'F' Word Stirs Up Controversy Advisors who fall under the new fiduciary standard, namely investment advisors who run a fee-based business, must always put clients' interests before of their own. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2012
Reed et al. |
Hot Topics Most nonindependent advisors see greater shift to RIA model... Investing in TICs? Proceed with caution ... Advisory fees inch up, at least on the high end... |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2009
Mark Astarita |
Brokers as Fiduciaries -- Much Ado About Nothing There is a battle cry to place a fiduciary obligation on retail brokers. But the real question is: What difference will it really make? |
