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Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008 |
Plain English: The Cost of Compliance The SEC voted in February to propose changes to the structure of the Form ADV, the disclosure document that all investment advisors must complete.   |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Rick Cortese |
New Form ADV 2 On March 3, 2008, the SEC proposed amendments to Form ADV Part 2. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Brian Hamburger |
Regulation Season A look forward at the real effects of regulatory change - and they could be as unattractive as they are expensive. |
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Thomas D. Giachetti |
The Compliance Coach: Will the SEC Ever Learn? Don't Count On It Get ready for new custody and ADV rules, and the $100 million threshold. |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Stop This Dumb Fee Once and for All 12b-1 fees are a relic of a dying breed of mutual funds. |
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 |
Investment Advisor
April 2006
Elizabeth Festa |
A Less Scary SEC? SEC Commissioner Atkins promises more restraint in dealing with financial advisors. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
Melanie Waddell |
12b-1 Headed for an Overhaul After nearly a year of silence, the SEC has decided to revamp 12b-1. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2010
Bill Barker |
Why We Oppose 12b-1 Fees This little sales charge doesn't benefit existing shareholders, is insufficiently transparent, and the SEC has a new proposal to limit that fee. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
October 2010 |
The Future of 12b-1 Fees The Financial Services Institute offers up a good primer on proposed changes to 12b-1 rules. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Get Form ADV Right New requirements and changing deadlines could make filing Form ADV a tricky business. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Fiduciary Rule May Hit by Summer Despite the advisory industry's hopes that the Securities and Exchange Commission would get a quick start on writing a rule to put brokers under the same fiduciary standard as advisors, it looks as though a rulemaking could come by summer. |
Financial Advisor
November 2009
Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Debate Financial services reform is coming. How will it impact advisors? |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Regulatory Tussle Independent broker-dealers and the Securities and Exchange Commission have found themselves in a tug-of-war over how best to serve clients when registered representatives depart one firm for another. |
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Hedge Funds Continue to Deregister During the past year, 732 hedge fund advisors have deregistered, according to the Investment Adviser Association and National Regulatory Services seventh annual report, Evolution/Revolution, which profiles the advisor profession. |
Registered Rep.
December 2, 2004
John Churchill |
SEC Overburdening Itself? The SEC narrowly succeeded in passing a final rule requiring hedge fund advisors to register under the Investment Adviser Act of 1940. But is the agency biting off more than it can chew? |
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. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2008
Lisa Roth |
Straight Talk Given the SEC's proposal on a plain-English online Form ADV 2 disclosure brochure, now is the time for advisors to brush up on their language skills. |
Investment Advisor
April 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Washington Watch: The Shape of Reform Begins to Sharpen Dodd's bill calls for SEC study, not a fiduciary standard; advisors await final markup. |
Investment Advisor
November 17, 2010
Danielle Andrus |
Form ADV Changes Have Advisors Worried Newly created guides can allay confusion |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
David Tittsworth |
What a Reinvigorated SEC Will Mean for You The first in a series of occasional commentaries by the executive director of the Investment Adviser Association. |
Financial Advisor
July 2009
Sherri Scordo |
Compliance Concerns There's a lot of buzz these days about potential changes in compliance rules and the impact on advisors. |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Retail Hedge Fund Investors to the SEC: Buzz Off The SEC thinks it needs to do more to protect wealthy retail investors from the secretive world of hedge funds. But many wealthy investors say they can take care of themselves. |
Investment Advisor
June 1, 2011
Thomas D. Giachetti |
From Deadlines to Lifelines The SEC extension of registration deadlines provides a potential grace period for stressed out advisors. |
On Wall Street
February 1, 2013
Kenneth Corbin |
Regulatory Forecast Bodes Change Advisors could see talks on oversight and a fiduciary standard move forward this year. |
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. |
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.
May 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Will 12b-1 Fees No Longer Be? The mutual fund fees known as 12b-1s have morphed into something few envisioned when the SEC created them 25 years ago. With regulators now poised to address that transformation, many reps are sweating about the future of a reliable income stream. |
Financial Advisor
June 3, 2010 |
Frontline News Advisor news: Threshold Rising... Staying Healthy May Cost You In Retirement... SEC Looks To Update ADV Part II... IRS Sets Sights On The Very Wealthy... more... |
Investment Advisor
February 2008
Thomas D. Giachetti |
Is an IPS the Answer? Investment Policy Statements can be helpful, but remember, longer documents aren't always better. |
Financial Advisor
May 2011
Daniel Bernstein |
The Goldilocks Dilemma The greatest problem with client agreements today is the shortcut approach too many advisors take. |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
David J. Drucker |
Living With The Rules How to keep the SEC happy without going out of business. |
Registered Rep.
June 29, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
The New Sheriffs In Town The SEC examines about 9 percent of the 11,000 or so advisory firms under its jurisdiction annually. All of that is about to change with a little help from regulators at the state level. |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Jeff Auld |
Save 12b-1 Fees Independent reps and smaller clients will suffer if the SEC decides to cut this form of compensation. |
Registered Rep.
March 10, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
New RIA Custody Rules In Force Friday New rules aimed at preventing registered investment advisors from pulling off ponzi schemes are now in effect. |
Registered Rep.
May 9, 2011
Gleeson & Britton |
New SEC Disclosure Rules Dismay Some Advisors; Advisor Disciplinary Histories in Welcome Packets New SEC rules that require federally-registered advisors to disclose their disciplinary histories in brochures and provide them to clients will get under way in earnest by the end of the summer. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008 |
Frontline News Clients Ticked Off At Their Advisors... Surprising Conclusions About Client Loyalty... The Keys To A More Profitable 401(k) Practice... etc. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010
David Lawrence |
Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers? |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC's Walters Backs Harmonizing B/D, Advisor Rules Yet another top official at the SEC is championing the idea of harmonizing rules for investment advisors and broker/dealers. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2013 |
Fiduciary Standard Debate Heats Up As federal regulators move ahead with a pair of rulemaking proceedings that could dramatically reshape the financial advisory industry, advocates of broader fiduciary responsibilities are urging advisors to make their voices heard in Washington. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
Chris O'Leary |
The High Cost of Admission To justify their existence in client portfolios, funds of funds need to post double-digit returns in order to really experience some net (read: after-fee) gains. And 2004 didn't deliver on these promises. |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
ADV Help This new Web-based platform helps RIAs easily update their regulatory reports. This form is the primary disclosure document that SEC-registered investment advisors are required to provide to clients. |
Financial Advisor
March 2005
Tracey Longo |
The Watchdog Inside Your Firm The SEC is making your chief compliance officer a whistleblower. Advisors' success with regulators in 2005 will depend largely on whether they trip themselves up or are able to create a business model that is better aligned with their clients. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2010
Jeanne Lee |
Reform Lite The 1,600-page financial reform bill passed by the Senate in May still doesn't do enough to enhance consumer protections for individual investors, some industry observers say. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008 |
Group Think The CFP Board has filed a comment letter with the SEC welcoming the Commission's proposal to improve the quality of information that investment advisors must provide to clients and prospective clients. |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Tracey Longo |
Wanted: Real Disclosure Rules on brokers compensation disclosure are changing---but slowly. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2013
Kenneth Corbin |
SEC Registration Deadline Looms As annual registration nears, compliance experts warn RIAs to be cautious about their numbers. |
