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Registered Rep. March 2, 2006 John Churchill	NASD Promotes Its Online Education Program Called the E-learning Exchange, the NASD created the online education tool for reps and firms last May in order to help securities firms head off compliance and regulatory problems before they start.
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Investment Advisor April 2006 Elizabeth Festa	A Less Scary SEC? SEC Commissioner Atkins promises more restraint in dealing with financial advisors.
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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).
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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.
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 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.
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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.
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 March 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Here, There and Everywhere Dually registered advisors (advisors who are registered with both the SEC and the NASD, and are collecting both fees and commissions) have the best -- and worst -- of both worlds. However, a new study shows when implemented properly, the hybrid model can be very profitable.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007	Turf Wars Over Advice The age-old debate between the b/d and investment advisor (RIA) industries over who should be able to provide advice and when, and whose regulatory regime offers better investor protections, is far from over.
Wall Street & Technology March 1, 2004	Getting Management on Board With Compliance Compliance and litigation readiness have blasted up the priority list of top management. Leading financial institutions have appointed general counsel into top management roles. Boards of directors are reviewing and approving technology solutions.
Investment Advisor August 2006	B/d Briefing: News & Products Genworth Financial is beefing up its asset management business... The SEC is releasing added guidance on soft dollar rules... The NASD has agreed to put its NASD B Share Expense calculator directly on broker/dealers' Web sites... etc.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	Blotter SEC Front Running Probe... NASD Fines Bank of America...
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Bank Systems & Technology February 21, 2008 Nancy Feig	Regulators Focused on Anti-Money Laundering Anti-money laundering professionals believe a risk-based approach is critical to the success of an AML program, the survey reveals.
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Wall Street & Technology June 29, 2005 Maria Santos	Time For a Change The compliance deadline for an anti-money laundering (AML) program may be more than three years old, but for financial services firms like TD Waterhouse, the AML fight is ongoing, with technology playing a large role.
Bank Systems & Technology April 28, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	AML Efforts Intensify As banks look to step up efforts to monitor their customers' financial activities and comply with increasingly stringent regulations, what kinds of technologies, processes and information are essential to building an effective and accurate AML program?
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. January 3, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	SEC's RAND Study Released The SEC release the results of the RAND study, which examined how broker/dealers and investment advisors market products and services to investors, and how investors understand the differences between investment advisors and broker/dealers.
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. January 23, 2011 Kristen French	SEC Recommends Strict Fiduciary Standard For Broker/Dealers An SEC study released over the weekend could represent a major push towards a more uniform regulatory framework for the fragmented wealth management business.
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Jane Worthington	Compliance Tips Although many investment advisors don't handle client assets, each advisor should maintain written policies and procedures to prevent and detect possible money laundering schemes.
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.
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Jeanne Lee	Regulatory Roundup With regulatory agencies under political pressure to take a tougher stance on investor protections, financial advisors need to stay abreast of a number of proposed rule changes that could come online in 2008.
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.
Financial Advisor June 2004 Tracey Longo	Compliance Overload A white-hot regulatory agenda is bedeviling independent broker-dealers in the U.S.
Information Today October 6, 2011	Gale Launches Librareo--Free Web-Based Community for LIS Students Librareo is a free web-based community that supports the future of libraries and librarianship by providing students enrolled in Library and Information Studies programs with free access to the professional resources they'll rely upon following graduation.
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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.
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Investment Advisor August 2005 Thomas D. Giachetti	Come Right In Here are some issues pertaining to an advisor's compliance-readiness, including a list of some of the more substantive issues that are currently the focus of SEC examiners.
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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.
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