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Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Barry Rehfeld |
Another Tough Top Cop? When President Bush tapped Christopher Cox to replace William Donaldson, it looked like Bush was swapping an aggressive reformer for a kinder, gentler regulator. Yet since he took over as SEC chairman, Cox has shown that he is not the anti-Donaldson.   |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2005
Karen Jones |
Regulate Thyself (Better) Further complicating the debate over the self-regulatory organization (SRO) structure are the NYSE's planned demutalization and merger with Archipelago Holdings and Nasdaq's planned merger with Instinet Group. How will these moves affect their role as policemen of brokers? |
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? |
Registered Rep.
November 4, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Serenity Reigns in Boca Raton Perhaps it was the recent victory of President Bush that heartened this business friendly crowd, or the tranquil Boca Raton setting, but the annual Securities Industry Association conference exudes an oddly serene tone. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Chairmen of Yore Speak Six former SEC chairmen pointed to quite a few regulatory challenges that loom large -- namely globalization of the world markets, the burgeoning market for complex synthetic securities, and the continued growth of hedge funds. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
Hedge Funds Rule! A federal court strikes down the new "hedge fund rule." The spotlight now shines on the current SEC chairman, Christopher Cox. |
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.
December 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
SEC Chairman Endorses Single SRO Now that SEC Chairman Christopher Cox has made creating a single SRO for the brokerage industry a top priority, why are some suddenly wondering if it's a good thing after all? |
Registered Rep.
November 10, 2005
David A. Geracioti |
News From the SIA Meeting The top executives of the nation's biggest securities firms gathered at their annual meeting and declared that 2005 will go down as one of the industry's best years ever. |
Registered Rep.
November 7, 2003
David A. Geracioti |
SEC Chief "Distressed" at "Wrongdoing" in Industry SEC Chairman William Donaldson's favorite word is distressed -- at least that was true during both his speech to the Securities Industry Association annual meeting and the press briefing that followed. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
July 30, 2003
Will Leitch |
SIA Says "Me Too" on Sales Fee Investigations Amid the brewing investigations into mutual fund sales practices, the Securities Industry Association came out last week in support of the new Joint NASD/Industry Task Force. |
Entrepreneur
November 2005
Scott Bernard Nelson |
New Cop in Town Will new SEC chairman Christopher Cox set you free from regulation? |
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. |
Registered Rep.
September 3, 2003
David Gaffen |
NASD: Brokers With Complaints Need A Watchful Eye Heed the red flags. This is the thrust of a new NASD proposal that would require brokerage houses to devote extra supervision to reps with extensive numbers of complaints or regulatory actions against them. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
There's a New Sheriff Coming to Town The NASD and NYSE are to consolidate regulatory functions. |
BusinessWeek
January 23, 2006
Amy Borrus |
The Unlikely Hardnose At The SEC Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox wants all CEO pay revealed. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
John Churchill |
Regulation With a Smile The SEC ranked fifth in a federal government study titled "2005 Best Places to Work." |
Registered Rep.
November 7, 2002 |
SIA Conference: Let's Get Confident! Rudy says: I won't take SEC helm if asked. It's official: It's a time for "building investor confidence." That's the theme of this year's Securities Industry Association gabfest, held at the tony Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Fla. Never mind that SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt resigned two days ago. Think positively. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
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.
December 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
Quietly Active The annual Securities Industry Association conference exuded an odd serenity, at least until the speakers invoked the name of Eliot Spitzer. |
Registered Rep.
March 27, 2006
Kristen French |
SEC Targets Investment Traps Set For Seniors The move against the "free lunch," as they are generally called, is part of a larger initiative launched to protect senior citizens from investment scams and unsuitable recommendations. |
Registered Rep.
July 24, 2008 |
SEC Versus Fed: Who Should Regulate Investment Banks? In the wake of the sub-prime crisis and near-collapse of Bear Stearns in mid-March, regulatory reform for investment banks has become a popular topic in Washington and on Wall Street. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
January 9, 2007
John Churchill |
To Hedge Gets Harder The SEC proposed a rule in December that would raise the net worth requirements of investors in hedge funds to $2.5 million from $1 million, not including the value of one's home. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2007 |
Blotter SEC Front Running Probe... NASD Fines Bank of America... |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Fund Independence Day Fizzles Why did a court stall the SEC's attempt to add independence to mutual-fund boards? |
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.
February 1, 2005 |
Blotter Banc One Is No. 1 -- in Fine Size... Fleecing the Flock... Morgan Gets a Slap... |
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2003
Gary Weiss |
Too Little, Too Late, Mr. Reed? Many feel interim chairman John Reed's NYSE reforms don't go far enough -- so the SEC may step in. |
CFO
June 1, 2009
Reason & Stuart |
Crackdown Alert After a GAO report documents a slowdown in the SEC's case generation and penalty volume under former chairman Christopher Cox, the regulator's new leaders talk tough. |
BusinessWeek
December 27, 2004
Emily Thornton |
Hedge Funds Find An Escape Hatch The loophole: Locked-up funds don't require oversight. That means more risk for investors. |
U.S. Banker
September 2007
Lee Conrad |
Oversight: Hedge Fund Transparency At Issue...Again The Securities & Exchange Commission is attempting to shine a spotlight on the most opaque of investments-hedge funds-by creating a working group in its enforcement division to combat insider trading. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Lynn Hume |
Campos Mulls Law for Raters The SEC Commission member says it may be time to seek legislation that would give the SEC authority to regulate the nation's credit rating agencies. |
CFO
August 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before. |
Investment Advisor
September 2006 |
Upgrades SEC Commissioner Christopher Cox said August 7 that the SEC will not appeal the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Goldstein v. SEC... According to Barclays Global Investors, exchange traded fund flows surged in June... etc. |
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. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Tim Reason |
Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Christopher O' Leary |
The Fund Family That Said No While in the past few years many funds sued by regulators have been quick to settle, American, the second-largest fund family in the U.S. with $650 billion in assets is fighting back. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005 |
What Gets the SEC's Atkins Riled Up Says the outspoken commissioner: "We shouldn't take a one-size-fits-all approach" to rule-making |
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Helping the Most Vulnerable Retirees Lawmakers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state regulators are bent on making sure advisors with designations touting expertise when it comes to helping seniors, the most vulnerable retirees, are closely scrutinized. |
CFO
July 1, 2007
Scott Leibs |
Five Years and Accounting This story is Part 1 in a three-part series on how corporate finance has changed since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed. |
Registered Rep.
April 28, 2005
John Churchill |
NASD Sends Older Reps Back to the Classroom All registered reps are required to complete the regulatory sections of the NASD's continuing education curriculum. According to the Securities Industry/Regulatory Council on Continuing Education, there are currently 109,000 exempted reps that will now have to take the test. |
Investment Advisor
November 2007
Melanie Waddell |
On the Agenda: Insurance and Ratings Congress looks at insurance reform and the subprime mess. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Turf Wars A conversation with former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos about the Treasury's Blueprint for financial services reform. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Steven K. McGinnis |
Must SROs Go? A new SEC proposal to separate trading functions from regulatory activities at the exchanges could have far-reaching effects. |
Financial Advisor
November 2009
Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Debate Financial services reform is coming. How will it impact advisors? |
Registered Rep.
December 11, 2002
Will Leitch |
Bush Appoints DLJ Founder To Run SEC A month since embattled former chairman Harvey Pitt resigned, President Bush announced plans to nominate William Donaldson, founder of investment bank Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
