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Financial Advisor July 2004 Gail Liberman |
Muni Bond Funds Vs. Individual Bonds A new study says the funds are cheaper if you actively trade. |
Investment Advisor January 2009 Kara P. Stapleton |
B/D Briefings News & Products News, products, and information of interest to broker/dealers. |
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
Fair Play: The Fight Over Rule 206(4)-5 Advisors are confused -- and angry -- over the SEC's new pay-to-play rule |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Melanie Waddell |
SEC Sets Out Strategic Plan The Securities and Exchange Commission publishes its Draft Strategic Plan outlining the Commission's strategic goals for 2010 through 2015. |
Wall Street & Technology November 29, 2004 Maria Santos |
Preparing for Real Time As municipal dealers attempt to meet the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's December deadline, Lehman Brothers offers a model solution. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Thomas D. Giachetti |
When Should You Register? Should an investment advisor with $30 million of "assets under management" register with the SEC? It depends on whether the advisor has "qualifying" assets under management. |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You: Part 2 By giving the investing public access to information, and serving as a regulator with the power to take action to correct problems, the SEC works hard to protect investors. |
Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Dodd-Frank: An Overview Of Pending Changes For Investment Advisors Dodd-Frank deadlines are fast approaching. Are you ready? |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Anne Tergesen |
Should You Buy from an Adviser? Brokerage firms may have incentives to push securities in their inventories. |
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. |
Investment Advisor February 2010 |
Broker/Dealer News Financial Services Industry News: Info on municipal bonds, a promotion at National Financial, and a new office for Sorrento Pacific. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Andrew Ackerman |
Muni EMMA The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board launched a pilot version of EMMA, a free, centralized online portal that will eventually provide investors with real-time disclosure and price information on municipal securities. |
On Wall Street July 1, 2012 Jonathan Hemmerdinger |
MSRB Expands Label of Sophisticated Muni Bond Investor Broker-dealers will not have to make the same disclosures to wealthier, more sophisticated individual investors that they do to other investors under a revised Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board interpretative notice approved recently by the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Registered Rep. June 24, 2009 John Churchill |
SEC Says Time To Tighten Rules On Money Market Funds After one of the oldest and largest money market funds suffered such severe redemptions that the net asset value of its shares fell below $1, the SEC is proposing structural and regulatory changes for money markets |
Financial Advisor September 2007 David Lawrence |
Efficient Rebalancing Whether you embrace traditional strategic allocation techniques or actively trading in and out of asset classes within an allocation, there is still a lot of work to do in managing portfolios and optimizing returns for clients within their risk constraints. |
Wall Street & Technology July 26, 2004 Paul Allen |
SIA Unfurls STP Banner Again "Yes" to straight-through processing (STP), "no" to T+1. That's the message that came out of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) as it responded last month to the recent SEC concept release on ways to improve the safety and operational efficiency of the U.S. clearance and settlement system. |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You Securities regulation helps guard investors against fraud. |
Registered Rep. June 2, 2004 Will Leitch |
SEC Passes Breakpoint Amendment---With an `Ethics' Twist The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued its long-awaited amendments on breakpoints (sales-charge discounts on mutual funds), and the end result of months of deliberations surprised no one. |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell |
States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
Investment Advisor November 17, 2010 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Will You Stay SEC Registered in 2011? Regulatory changes could cause confusion for advisors |
Registered Rep. December 11, 2008 |
SEC Finalizes $30 Billion ARS Settlement With Citi And UBS The $30 billion settlement is the largest in SEC history and restores liquidity to ARS investors at par value of their holdings. |
CFO October 1, 2008 Marie Leone |
Convergence Divergence Critics question the entire rationale for adopting international financial reporting standards. |
Registered Rep. August 28, 2007 John Churchill |
SEC Principal Trade Proposal: A Stalling Tactic? A 2-year "interim rule" would allow large brokerage firms that also have many other business lines to meet their fiduciary obligations to customers while still engaging in principal trading activity -- selling customers products from their own inventory. |
Financial Advisor January 2004 Jay Gould |
Washed Up On The Banks Of Denial The SEC has changed its policies regarding anti-fraud consent injunctions. How should investment advisors react? |
Registered Rep. May 14, 2007 John Churchill |
"Merrill Lynch" Rule Dead, But SEC to Ask for Time The securities industry still hopes that the SEC will somehow come up with a new plan to keep the fee-based brokerage account from coverage by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, which mandates that to offer financial advice, you have to be a fiduciary. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Jane Sasseen |
The SEC Is Eyeing Insider Stock Sales Executives are using inside information to boost returns when they sell stock through automatic trading plans. Now, the Securities & Exchange Commission is looking more closely at such trades and whether the rules governing them need to be tightened. |
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. |
Registered Rep. March 30, 2007 John Churchill |
Surprise! FPA Wins Lawsuit Against SEC and the Broker-Dealer Exemption Three years after suing the SEC over the controversial "Broker Dealer Exemption" rule, a federal court has ruled that the SEC exceeded its authority in adopting the rule. |
The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Study Before Selling Your Life Insurance If you shun full-service brokers and their high commissions and fees, don't fall for a life settlement that's more in your advisor's interest than your own. |
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. September 21, 2007 Halah Touryalai |
Banks Officially Welcomed into the Brokerage World Under New SEC Rule It only took eight years, but the SEC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System passed final rules defining how banks can act as securities brokers. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Defining Fiduciary What is a financial advisor's true fiduciary duty? |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Elizabeth D. Festa |
Institutional Approach for Individuals As a senior financial advisor, Leon James applies the quantitative analysis and strategic asset allocation used with his institutional clients to individuals who are retiring. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Thomas O. Gorman |
SEC v. Bank of America: Where to Go From Here? The SEC thought it had completed an investigation, brought an enforcement action and then settled it. |
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. |
Financial Advisor July 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Pershing Launches Managed Account Network... John Hancock Adds Allocation Options... Matrix Buys Interest In Research Firm... etc. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Dwyer & Thornton |
Mutual Funds Feel The Heat Did they feed information to hedge funds, brokers, and others? |
Registered Rep. April 8, 2005 John Churchill |
`Merrill Rule' Debate Not Over The SEC unanimously voted to allow Series 7 holders, or registered reps, to position themselves as financial advisors -- with certain caveats. But once again the SEC seemed to hedge its bet. So the debate rages on. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Tim Beyers |
American Express Unit in Scandal The broker could be a target of a regulatory inquiry into mutual funds revenue-sharing. How can you tell if your own broker or advisor has a conflict of interest? |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Advice to the SEC When it comes to the fiduciary standard, Capital Analysts President and CEO Matt Lynch says advisors "want to be sure the SEC seeks and gathers input from the industry as to how to implement these important changes." |
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 Mark Astarita |
Tilting the Litigation Landscape Against the Financial Industry Current reform proposals could radically alter the broker-client relationship. |
Investment Advisor April 2009 James J. Green |
B/D Briefing: Calm Before the Storm? A new report found that the average securities class action settlement was halved in 2008, but the authors of Securities Class Action Settlements: 2008 Review and Analysis, caution that the reported decrease doesn't constitute a trend. |
Financial Advisor January 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
Flying Blind In The Bond Market Bond price reporting is improving, but many brokers still hide costs. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2013 Taylor & Trowbridge |
Group Investing Update Changes to securities laws may change your business model. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Jesse Westbrook & David Scheer |
How Big a Hit Will Goldman Take? Congress and the public expect the SEC to extract a big fine |
Investment Advisor September 2009 |
Broker/Dealer News Actions by the SEC and FINRA |
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. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Will the States Be Able to Regulate Big RIAs? State regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet soon to iron out the details of shifting nearly 4,000 advisors from federal to state supervision. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 |
When Achievement is Bull State regulators are moving to ban certain designations from marketing materials to better protect seniors. Financial advisors using senior designations to con seniors are often caught too late. |