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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? |
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? |
Investment Advisor June 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
Interesting Times Independent broker/dealers find opportunity in the face of changing winds. |
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? |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
A New SRO's in Town The move to consolidate the NASD and the NYSE, and their corresponding and sometimes conflicting sets of rules into one unified SRO has picked up momentum and a number of endorsements while also sparking a certain amount of controversy. |
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? |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
4 Questions Mary Schapiro is chairman and CEO of the NASD, which is set to merge later this year with the New York Stock Exchange. Here, she spoke about the new organization that she has been appointed to lead. |
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. |
Registered Rep. November 29, 2006 Kevin Burke |
Small Firms Move to Block NYSE/NASD SRO Merger Not everybody is cheering the formation of a single self-regulatory organization. An insurgency of small brokerage firms is urging their peers to strike down yesterday's announced merger between the regulatory arms of NYSE and NASD. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Schapiro in, Glauber Out at NASD in 2007 Mary Schapiro, head of NASD Regulatory Policy and Oversight, will be taking over for Robert Glauber as chairman of the NASD at the end of the year. One tough cop replaces another. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007 Kevin Burke |
The New SRO Plans for the NYSE/NASD regulatory consolidation are moving quickly toward an April 2 deadline. But executives question whether the proposed governance structure for the consolidated regulator could change the nature of regulation in the industry for the worse. |
Investment Advisor March 2009 James J. Green |
Broker/Dealer Briefing: A Shot Over the Bow FINRA is quietly conducting a sweep of broker/dealers that could be the first steps to having the SRO take over regulation of registered investment advisors from the SEC -- something the former NASD has long desired. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Watch Out Broker/dealers and RIAs alike should ready themselves for a number of initiatives being worked on by their regulators in the New Year. |
Investment Advisor June 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Stretched For broker/dealers who are already stressed, dually registered advisors are a challenge being met in varied ways. |
Financial Advisor June 2004 Tracey Longo |
Compliance Overload A white-hot regulatory agenda is bedeviling independent broker-dealers in the U.S. |
Investment Advisor June 2008 Melanie Waddell |
A Long, Hot Regulatory Summer Rules from the SEC on credit ratings agencies, 12b-1, soft dollars, and hedge funds |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary |
A Crusade Against Indies? Regardless of whether going independent means a more regulatory scrutiny or not, advisors thinking of going out on their own need to understand just how much work such a move will entail in terms of keeping up with the ever-changing world of regulations. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
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. |
Investment Advisor May 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
Exemption Vacation "To be, or not to be?" a fiduciary is the question of the hour for broker/dealers. |
Registered Rep. November 11, 2005 David A. Geracioti |
Cox to SIA: No Regulatory Rollback When William Donaldson stepped down as SEC chairman, the perception was that the reform movement had also left the building. But Christopher Cox's first speech to the Securities Industry Association was to the contrary. |
Registered Rep. August 21, 2006 Kristen French |
NYSE and NASD Hold Merger Talks It is not yet clear whether a deal will actually go through, or whether the financial regulators would merge their arbitration systems or keep them separate. |
Investment Advisor July 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Bracing for Change It looks to be all but inevitable that the rules for broker/dealers and investment advisors will be harmonized, and that broker/dealers offering investment advice will have to adhere to a fiduciary standard of care. |
On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Mark Astarita |
Changes at the SEC: Schapiro Should Be Benefit to Advisors One can expect that as head of the SEC Mary Schapiro will understand the impact of new rule proposals and enforcement initiatives and will temper the calls for more extreme changes that would ultimately harm the markets and the financial industry. |
Investment Advisor June 2006 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Masters at the Helm Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt and past NASD and Nasdaq Stock Market chairman and CEO Frank Zarb have joined a consulting firm's heavy hitters. |
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. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Bob Veres |
Death by Regulation The financial planning profession is about to fight for its survival against well-funded opponents. Here are some possible outcomes. |
Registered Rep. December 14, 2005 David A. Geracioti |
NYSE Regulators to Member Firms and Reps: We Are Watching You Broker/dealers had a very strong 2005. But so too did the regulators. |
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. |
Registered Rep. October 27, 2009 Halah Touryalai |
Schapiro: Don't Expect Respite From Reform Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro lays out a number of regulatory issues the SEC will be paying close attention to in the coming months. |
Investment Advisor April 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
News & Products Mary Schapiro, NASD Chairman and CEO, announced that the regulatory consolidation between NASD and NYSE Member Regulation is on track... Securities America, Inc. launched a new Assistant of the Year program... etc. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor November 2009 Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Debate Financial services reform is coming. How will it impact advisors? |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell |
States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority. |
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. |
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. 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 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. |
Registered Rep. September 13, 2011 Kristen French |
Long Legislative Fight Kicks Off with House Hearing On SRO, Fiduciary Standard Congressman Scott Garrett opened Tuesday's House Financial Services Committee hearing on an SRO for investment advisers and a fiduciary standard for broker/dealers with a threat. |
Financial Advisor June 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
Regulatory Challenges Top Broker-Dealer Agenda Rarely has the potential of the financial advisory business, with a huge demographic wave of baby boomers approaching retirement, looked brighter. But never has the regulatory climate been more challenging. |
Registered Rep. May 7, 2010 Kristen French |
Bulk Up On Disclosure, Shock Aborbers Needed, Says Ketchum The industry must move forward to improve the quality and kinds of disclosures firms provide to clients, particularly disclosures about the services provided. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 James J. Green |
B/D News Bulletins and news of interest to broker/dealers from FINRA and the SEC. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Randall Dodd |
Overhauling the System The United States is proposing the most radical reform of financial regulation since the New Deal. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Eric Schwartz |
B/D or RIA? The Case for the Flexible B/D How independent broker/dealers and advisors can thrive by leveraging the trends of the future. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
5 Questions A short interview with Margaret Sheehan, author of Practical Guide to NASD Regulation about the outlook for the NASD in 2007. |
Investment Advisor August 2009 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Something About Mary The drive to reregulate financial advice shifted into high gear on June 17, when the Obama Administration released its white paper containing proposals for 21st Century Financial Regulatory Reform, and passes it to SEC chair Mary Shapiro. |
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. |