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Registered Rep. August 26, 2004 Will Leitch	SEC Fines Seven More Broker/Dealers The SEC has nailed some additional broker/dealers for failing to disclose payment relationships they had with companies their research departments covered.
Registered Rep. August 30, 2005 John Churchill	Retaining Those Pesky Emails Morgan Stanley is in for what could be a $10 million fine from the SEC for failing to retain emails, according to a report.
Registered Rep. April 8, 2005 John Churchill	`Merrill Rule' Debate Not Over The SEC unanimously voted to allow Series 7 holders, or registered reps, to position themselves as financial advisors -- with certain caveats. But once again the SEC seemed to hedge its bet. So the debate rages on.
Registered Rep. March 30, 2005 John Churchill	House Urges SEC to Adopt Broker-Dealer Exemption Rule At issue, at least as far as financial planners are concerned, is that registered reps are presenting themselves as fiduciaries, when in fact they are brokers with a less-than-fiduciary responsibility to their clients.
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."
Investment Advisor March 2009 Melanie Waddell	When It Pays to Fight City Hall An annual analysis of litigated disciplinary proceedings brought by the SEC and FINRA against broker/dealers and registered representatives shows that it sometimes pays for B/Ds and reps to litigate against the regulators.
Investment Advisor October 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	What Matters Most Results from a Broker/Dealer of the Year poll offer valuable tools for b/ds to see how they are doing, on average, among reps, and where there's room for improvement.
Registered Rep. May 24, 2006 Kristen French	Broker Sanctioned for Violation of Patriot Act After nearly a year and a half since the law's passage and after over a dozen brokerage firm audits, the SEC took its first enforcement action against a broker/dealer. Yet, in so doing, the SEC noted that broker/dealers are generally doing a very good job of complying.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005	Ratting on Regulators Don't like the way that SEC investigator treated you while rifling through your files? Well, now you can report him.
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.
Registered Rep. April 6, 2005 John Churchill	SEC Adopts Broker-Dealer Exemption Over the vociferous objections of fee-only financial planners, the SEC voted unanimously to permanently adopt the broker/dealer exemption rule, formerly known as the Merrill Lynch exemption.
Registered Rep. March 15, 2006 Kevin Burke	Merrill Fined $2.5 Million Over Lax Email Oversight The SEC slapped the nation's largest brokerage with a $2.5 million fine and a cease-and-desist order for a "systemic" mishandling of email records related to its brokerage business.
Investment Advisor September 2008 James J. Green	You're the Tops In a comprehensive face-to-face discussion, the leaders of the Broker/Dealers of the Year explain their firms' unique charisma and how they plan to remain at the summit of their professions.
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 David J. Drucker	Dazed and Confused Most financial advisers remain uncertain about exactly how to comply with SEC e-mail retention rules. RIAs need to make decisions about what to retain, how, and how to protect it. And there's little consensus on what to do.
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.
Investment Advisor April 2008 Kathleen M. McBride	SEC: "We hear you" The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed an amendment that may make taking customers to a new firm easier on reps and B/D executives.
Investment Advisor September 2009 James J. Green	How the Representatives Voted The year 2009 marked the 19th time that Investment Advisor asked its readers who are representatives of independent broker/dealers to rank their own B/Ds on 14 discrete categories, along with an overall rating.
Investment Advisor September 2007 James J. Green	Leading the Way The leaders of the 2007 Broker/Dealers of the Year reflect their reps: optimistic, opinionated professionals whose business savvy is growing in a challenging environment
Registered Rep. September 21, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Banks Officially Welcomed into the Brokerage World Under New SEC Rule It only took eight years, but the SEC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System passed final rules defining how banks can act as securities brokers.
U.S. Banker December 2004 Lee Conrad	Compliance: Hedge Fund Registration Sparks Broad Criticism The Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to register most of the estimated 8,350 hedge funds is drawing heavy criticism from the business community and some government officials.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 Will Leitch	529 Plans in the Crosshairs To virtually no one's surprise, regulators have begun scrutinizing how 529 plans are peddled.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006	Legislative Attack on the SEC Congressional representatives introduced a bill that would abolish the arm of the SEC that conducts sweeps.
Registered Rep. September 21, 2005 Susan Konig	Rogue Broker's Management Culpable Raymond James Financial Services (RJFS) was ordered to pay a $6.9 million fine to the SEC for failing to supervise Dennis Herula, a former broker who is currently in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of fraud.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: SEC Inspectors Unit Under Fire After repeated complaints from broker/dealers, mutual funds, and investment advisors about the SEC's new sweeps examination process, Congress is threatening to abolish the SEC's Office of Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 John Churchill	Insider Trading Up in 2006 NYSE Regulation says it expects to refer 140 potential insider-trading cases to the SEC in 2006.
Registered Rep. March 30, 2007 John Churchill	Surprise! FPA Wins Lawsuit Against SEC and the Broker-Dealer Exemption Three years after suing the SEC over the controversial "Broker Dealer Exemption" rule, a federal court has ruled that the SEC exceeded its authority in adopting the rule.
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.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 John Churchill	A Monster Issue Will the SEC withdraw the Broker-Dealer Exemption, causing reps to back away from adviser status? If so, the impact could cause substantial disruption in the markets.
Investment Advisor June 2008 Philip Palaveev	The New Model: The Fee-Only Broker/Dealer Independent broker/dealers must tackle head-on the causes of their frustration if they wish to survive.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2006 Kristen French	Brokers Learning to Play by New Rules It's no longer business as usual on Wall Street. Starting yesterday, broker/dealers must follow a new SEC rule that requires them to disclose at certain times that they may not be acting in their clients' best interest.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006	The Broker-Dealer Exemption: Good or Bad for the Investing Public? (Oy, This Still Hasn't Been Resolved?) True financial advisors -- those who hold Series 65s and Series 66s, and who are fiduciaries -- aren't too happy that Series 7-holders have been able to cast themselves as financial advisors.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Anne Field	The Weight of Words It's a paradox confronting brokers all over the country: In a business climate that calls for ever-increasing advisor-client intimacy, financial professionals are measuring their words more carefully than ever.
Registered Rep. June 16, 2011 Diana Britton	Securities America Jumps on the Social Media Bandwagon Independent broker/dealer Securities America announced its new social media program, which will allow all of its 1,800 reps to access and post content on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Wall Street & Technology February 27, 2005 Beth Bacheldor	A Watchdog to Watch In his first CIO job, Corey Booth, just 34 years old, is leading the IT department of one of the country's most closely watched and influential government agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	Around the Table The leaders of the 2007 Broker/Dealers of the Year speak frankly about their challenges and opportunities.
Investment Advisor July 2010 Melanie Waddell	A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Will Leitch	Indie Research (A Non-Event So Far) When the Wall Street research scandal drew to its close last July, many reps wondered how it would change their lives. In addition to coughing up millions of dollars in fines, the firms agreed to new rules on how sell-side research would be conducted and presented to clients.
Registered Rep. May 5, 2010 Kristen French	Small B/Ds in A Crunch, Expect More Closures, Mergers In 2010 Squeezed by investor lawsuits, rising compliance and insurance costs, as well as departing advisors and clients, some of the industry's smallest independent broker/dealers are struggling to stay afloat.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Kristen French	On-the-Job Therapy at the SEC After months of trying to fill the position, the SEC has hired a psychologist to work on the commission's flagging morale.
Investment Advisor June 2009 James J. Green	Leadership In volatile times, communication and culture are broker/dealer leaders' touchstones.
Registered Rep. September 18, 2007	Cease and Desist Order Looms for NEXT Financial Group The Securities Exchange Commission issued an Order Instituting Cease-and-Desist Proceedings against the independent broker/dealer late last month.
Registered Rep. February 9, 2007 Kevin Burke	SEC Big Says Waiver Tactics Can Backfire An SEC commissioner today said that asking broker/dealers and investment advisory firms to waive their legal right to attorney-client privilege in order to speed up the pace of enforcement investigations is shortsighted.
Registered Rep. February 22, 2005 Will Leitch	SEC's Roye Out as Mutual Fund Head In a move that casts doubt on the future of mutual fund regulation, the SEC has announced that its chief mutual funds legislator, Paul Roye, will step down, effective immediately.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 John Churchill	Fix Advisor Laws! Laws should reflect the fact that the differences between registered reps and registered investment advisors have largely evaporated.
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. June 1, 2005 John Churchill	Weclome Aboard Recruiters say reps that are tiring of the pressure to convert their clients to fee-based arrangements have an alternative --- in the independent broker/dealer world.
Investment Advisor September 2006	Woodbury Financial services Woodbury Financial is a big firm, with nearly 2,000 producing reps, and a big corporate parent in the form of The Hartford. But a simple comment on a Broker/Dealer of the Year ballot from one of Woodbury's reps was instructive on the firm's personal appeal to reps.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Will Leitch	For Advisors, 2003 Was a Better Year The fortunes of advisors took a turn for the better in 2003, according to the annual report from the Securities Industry Association.