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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.
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.
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.
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 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. 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.
Investment Advisor April 11, 2011 Melanie Waddell	SEC to Meet Dodd-Frank's July Deadline on 'Switch,' Private Fund, Venture Fund Advisors While final rules will be out by July 21, SEC will give advisors more time to comply
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?
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.
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Investment Advisor October 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Slight Growth in RIAs The universe of registered investment advisors grew only slightly during the past year.
On Wall Street December 1, 2010 Alan J. Foxman	When FINRA Intervenes Even non-member firms (such as registered investment advisors) can voluntarily agree to use either FINRA's arbitration or mediation services.
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.
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 March 1, 2012 Alan J. Foxman	Regulators Redefine Assets Advisor Q&A: Do I have discretionary authority with my clients?... Do we now count the variable annuities sub-accounts?...
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.
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 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
Registered Rep. July 24, 2007 John Churchill	SEC to RIAs: Welcome In keeping with regulators trying to be more proactive and less reactive, the SEC is cozying up to newly registered investment advisers.
Financial Advisor November 2010 David Lawrence	Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers?
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Brian Hamburger	Going for Custody As of March 12, new rules for RIAs require special (and expensive) reports and audits for custodial accounts. Are you ready?
Registered Rep. July 8, 2015 Jerry Gleeson	The New Sheriffs In 2012, more than 2,000 RIA firms who had only known the regulatory scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission were transitioned over to the Wild West of state securities regulators.
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. February 1, 2006 Kristen French	Both Sides Now Brokers who hold dual licenses -- both the Series 7 and Series 65 licenses -- will have to take fiduciary responsibility on some accounts. But they can also sell investments, after they make it crystal clear that they're doing so.
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.
Financial Planning February 1, 2012 John F. Wasik	State of Regulation As states take over regulation of RIAs with up to $100 million in assets under management, many firm owners are wondering if the transition will prove difficult.
Investment Advisor September 2006 Jeff Joseph	Hedge Fund Focus: RIAs Turning to Alternatives A more hands-on approach to investments is being taken by registered investment advisors, including the use of alternative products, according to a new survey.
Registered Rep. July 12, 2011 Charles Paikert	Family Office Quandary May Benefit Wealth Managers For single-family offices, a recent Securities and Exchange Commission ruling marked the beginning of an identity crisis writ large -- one that will reshape the family office business and may ultimately benefit wealth and asset managers.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell	States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority.
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 2007 Sherri Scordo	Indepedent Broker-Dealers/Financial Advisor's 2007 Snapshot of Leading Firms Advantage Capital Corporation... AIG Financial Advisors... American General Securities, Inc... etc.
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.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. November 16, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Tardy Advisors Get a Reprieve Mid-sized RIAs who are behind on switching their registration from federal to state jurisdictions now have until Dec. 17 to get caught up.
Registered Rep. March 14, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	The Long Goodbye This year, about 3,200 mid-sized RIAs will say goodbye to the Securities and Exchange Commission, transferring their registration to the states where they do business.
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.
Investment Advisor August 2006 Joseph & Barreto	Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: Regulatory Limbo for Hedge Funds Experts say hedge fund advisors who registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to the now-shelved hedge fund rule aren't likely to see examiners on their doorstep anytime soon.
Investment Advisor July 2010 Melanie Waddell	A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward.
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.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2007	The Great Re-Sell How will registered reps re-position themselves with clients who have fee-based brokerage accounts?
The Motley Fool December 14, 2010 Dayana Yochim	How to Tell Your Advisor's Real Agenda This four-step background check will reveal whether you're about to get sound advice, or advice that just sounds good.
On Wall Street April 1, 2013 Kenneth Corbin	SEC Zeros In on Potential Conflicts of Interest The regulator's staff will investigate nondisclosures, misrepresentations, and more.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. June 30, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly.
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell	FINRA Jockeys for SRO Spot as SEC Report to Congress Nears The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is engaged in a full-court press to convince the SEC that it should be the SRO for advisors.
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.