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Registered Rep.
January 15, 2009 |
Schapiro's Replies: Blame The SEC--Not FINRA--For Madoff It wasn't her job, man.   |
Registered Rep.
February 4, 2009 |
SEC, FINRA, Hit Hard By Markopolos Testimony The famously ignored Madoff whistleblower testified before the House Financial Services Committee that the SEC is "incompetent," among other things -- and had even harsher words for FINRA. |
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. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Edward Teach |
The SEC under Schapiro Can Mary Schapiro restore investors' confidence in the beleaguered regulator? |
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
October 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Criticized for Madoff Congress chides the SEC for the scathing inspector general report on Bernie Madoff. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Mary Schapiro's Priorities Mary Schapiro tells the Senate Banking Committee what her priorities will be at the SEC. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: The SEC Reformation An exclusive interview with SEC chief Mary Schapiro regarding financial services reforms. |
Registered Rep.
January 14, 2009 |
Schapiro, FINRA Head And Obama's SEC Chair Selection Head To D.C. Tomorrow For A Confirmation Hearing Mary L. Schapiro heads to Capitol Hill tomorrow morning for the hearing on her Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Registered Rep.
December 16, 2008
Bill Singer |
Have Arthur Levitt's Words Come Back to Haunt Him? On the heels of the recent lurid discoveries about Bernard Madoff's multi-billion-dollar fraud, former SEC Chair Arthur Levitt is quoted in the article as saying: "At this point, I don't see any evidence that the SEC dropped the ball." |
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
May 2010
Melanie Waddell |
30 for 30 Interviews: Harry Markopolos Independent financial fraud investigator Harry Markopolos identifies strengths and weakness of the SEC. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
GOP's End Game in Nixing SEC Funds: Stopping Dodd-Frank Republicans' rehashing of supposed failures at the SEC is 'counter-productive,' says former Chairman Harvey Pitt |
Investment Advisor
April 2009 |
Group Think News from FINRA, IAA, NAVA, NAPFA, and NAIFA |
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. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Reform Is on the Way SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro is laying the groundwork for a significantly beefed up enforcement division at the Commission. |
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
April 2009
Melanie Waddell |
All About Enforcement It's seems a daily occurrence now that the Securities and Exchange Commission levies an enforcement action against a financial services firm |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Reality Check Washington is far more likely to tweak the existing system than to rewrite the investment advisor legislation. |
Registered Rep.
November 4, 2009
Bill Singer |
Rep. Bachus Slips One In (Not Everyone Is Cheering) Has Capitol Hill taken its legislative legerdemain to new depths? |
Registered Rep.
June 3, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
SEC Gives Investors a Voice. Will It Be Heard? Chances are the Securities and Exchange Commission announcement about its newly created Investor Advisory Committee will get plenty of eye rolls. |
Registered Rep.
March 11, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Extreme Makeover: SEC With or without an increased budget, the SEC wants to make up for its shortcomings. |
Investment Advisor
January 2009
Jeff Joseph |
More Regulation Post-Madoff? The only thing they are certain of is that his alleged Ponzi scheme. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Ken Fisher |
SEC Calling If you haven't violated any securities laws or otherwise abused client trust, you have nothing to fear. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Congress Presses Schapiro to Protect Investors While members of Congress praised SEC Chairman Schapiro for acting quickly to institute changes at the agency, lawmakers said more work needs to be done to protect investors. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2011
John Reeves |
Wrist Slaps All Around at the SEC The SEC disciplines its employees who were involved in the Madoff case. |
Registered Rep.
March 10, 2011
Kristen French |
SEC Says Bigger Budget Is Supported By BCG Report In testimony before Congress Thursday, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro made a case for an increase in the agency's funding to $1.407 billion for 2012. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
July 29, 2010
Jesse Westbrook |
Whistleblowers Get a Raise The SEC will offer up to 30 percent of the money from fines to reward tipsters. |
Registered Rep.
April 2, 2014
David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: April 2014 Larry Doyle's recent book, In Bed With Wall Street: The Conspiracy Crippling Our Global Economy, elevates and sharpens the case against Wall Street's model of self-regulation. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Bob Clark |
The Perfect Ponzi While the Madoff debacle has been a disaster for thousands of investors, the timing couldn't be better for independent advisors. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Obama and SEC Enforcement Under Microscope As the Obama Administration was ringing in its first 100 days in office in early May, the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division was awaiting a much-needed $40 million cash infusion that Congress promised was on its way. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Smith & Bleeker |
Who's More to Blame: Congress or the SEC? March Stock Madness -- Second Round: Let's bullet-point some of the failures of both Congress and the SEC to determine which is more to blame for the current crisis. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Avoiding the Next $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme The scandal and scope of Bernard Madoff's fraud is a further blow to the financial sector's reputation. |
Registered Rep.
May 15, 2009
Kristen French |
SEC Proposes Anti-Ponzi Rules. Do They Fall Short? Surprise exams and reviews by third party accountants: These are the new measures the SEC proposed to combat ponzi schemes like the one Bernie Madoff pulled off. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2009 |
Marcia Kramer Mayer Marcia Kramer Mayer of NERA Consulting speaks about how the SEC should look to the example set by the IRS, which uses computerized searches to identify investment fraud problems. |
Registered Rep.
January 22, 2009 |
FINRA Frisks Select B/D RIAs FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, emailed a number of broker/dealers recently with requests for information about their RIA units. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Andrew Gluck |
Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Turning on the Charm Next month the SEC reports to Congress on its recommendations for enhancing examinations for investment advisors. FINRA, meanwhile, is trying to persuade movers and shakers on the Hill that it already has the answers. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
June 22, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Madoff Had Help Running His Fraud, Says SEC The SEC today indicted four individuals for helping Bernie Madoff in his colossal Ponzi scheme. One of the individuals was a registered rep and a second was an investment advisor. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2009
Maria Bartiromo |
SEC Chief Mary Schapiro: The Watchdog's New Teeth A discussion with with the new SEC Chief Mary Schapiro. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011 |
SEC and the Fiduciary Study: Politics and the Fiduciary Standard AdvisorOne Wealth Editor Kate McBride explains the political process under which Dodd Frank was passed, up to the SEC's reports on an SRO and fiduciary standard |
Entrepreneur
February 2010
Jennifer Wang |
Ask a Pro: Closing Time When should you close your business?... Learning more about Mary Schapiro, Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission... |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Evan Simonoff |
What Gives At The SEC? For several decades, the Securities and Exchange Commission has contended that it does not have sufficient resources to examine and inspect RIAs. Consequently, many have concluded that Finra is the default option for all RIA regulation. |
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. |
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. |
