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Financial Planning
October 1, 2011
Jennifer Woods Burke |
The Risk of Hide and Seek Advisors are often guiding clients through financial nightmares rather than living their own. But a FINRA enforcement action this year demonstrates how easily your career can slip away if you don't properly disclose financial troubles.   |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
Dueling Investigators Advisor Q&A: Why must agencies duplicate investigatory efforts?... Should I worry about reps picking up bad habits from old firms?... |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Bruce W. Fraser |
How To Survive The SEC Assault Advisors cite a new, more demanding compliance environment. Despite the extra financial and time burden, many advisors feel much better about their businesses, having gone through the compliance process. |
Wall Street & Technology
July 27, 2004
Jessica Pallay |
Analyzing AML Audits After years of preparation, regulators are ready to see the fruits of Wall Street's hard work on anti-money laundering. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
A "Tougher" FINRA? FINRA has stepped up the number of cases and the value of fines they levied against advisors last year, but that doesn't neccessarily mean that the indstury's self-regulatory organization is getting any tougher. |
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? |
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. |
Registered Rep.
October 6, 2011
Andrew J. Haigney |
Opinion: FINRA Is an Ineffective Regulator FINRA, the brokerage industry's self-regulatory organization, finds itself in caught up in the industry's death spiral. This non-government, private corporation's fortunes are tied to brokerage firms. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
James J. Green |
Simple, Not Simplistic Tom Giachetti preaches a simple approach to compliance for advisors: Know what you need to do, but also what you don't need to do. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008 |
Client Complaints: To Report Or Not To Report When a registered rep should report client complaints. |
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? |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2010
Chris Kentouris |
Finra Wants More Details When Someone Gets Canned Advisors, take note: FINRA wants broker-dealers to provide more detail on the reasons for dismissing an employee in reports to the regulator. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010
David Lawrence |
Back In The Fold? Will the new regulations force independents to return to broker-dealers? |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Donna Mitchell |
Hot Topics SEC enforcement actions... Heartland hails dividends... Regulatory changes & volatility top concerns for retirement advisors... |
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Chester Wright |
Expert's Corner: Small, Yes, But Compliant How smaller RIA firms can shoulder the compliance burden. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Juliette Fairley |
FP50: Angst Over Compliance As financial advisory firms struggle to manage a raft of new regulations, they are banding together to rein in the rule-makers. |
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. |
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
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. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2006
Keith Marks |
Compliance Tips: Dinner and Broken Promises Now investment firms seek to address risk, meet regulatory expectations, and avoid the next big scandal by monitoring communications. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
James J. Green |
B/D News Bulletins and news of interest to broker/dealers from FINRA and the SEC. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2011
Bennett Voyles |
FINRA Prosecutes More But Collects Less The rise in the number of actions could be related to increased regulatory pressure. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005
Karen Donovan |
No More Slap on the Wrist Regulators are getting tough and creative on registered reps because they suspect that fines aren't a strong enough deterrent to stop illegal behavior. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006
Susan Konig |
A Big Trade Off? For advisors looking for further independence through a registered investment advisory firm, compliance burdens can increase. Reps working under an independent b/d's umbrella RIA, also known as "dually registered" advisors, must comply with both NASD and SEC rules. |
Registered Rep.
September 2, 2009
John Churchill |
SEC Blew It With Madoff, Inspector General Says SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro announced the release today of the Office of the Inspector General's report on the Bernard Madoff fraud. It says, in short, the SEC screwed up in every way possible. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Thomas D. Giachett |
Expert's Corner: A Process, Not a Destination With the advent of SEC Rule 206(4) 7, which requires SEC-registered investment advisors to implement and maintain policies and procedures appropriate for their investment advisory business, it is more critical than ever for all RIAs to recognize that compliance is an ongoing process. |
Financial Planning
January 5, 2008
Max Mejiborsky |
Compliance A string of recent administrative proceedings have revealed that recidivism continues to plague the investment advisor community, despite an increased emphasis on compliance and the SEC's Compliance Programs Rule. |
Financial Advisor
December 2010 |
Frontline News RIAs Transferred To States May Get Dual Exams... Piqued By Peak Oil... The Art Of The Referral... etc. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
Ponzi Schemes And Problems Paying Fines Q&A: What does it mean for advisors that records are now available to the general public online?... How will arbitration payments I must make but cannot afford right now affect my license?... more... |
Investment Advisor
August 2008
Thomas D. Giachetti |
The Three Troubling Themes How to combat compliance misunderstanding and misdirection. |
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. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2010
Alan J. Foxman |
Blamed for ARS He Didn't Sell Misrepresenting auction-rate securities... BrokerCheck public disclosure system... |
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
June 1, 2010
Jeanne Lee |
Under Pressure Last month AFA Financial followed GunnAllen in shuttering its doors. Will more small independents close? |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
Elizabeth D. Festa |
FINRA and SEC Look to Build Bridges Seminars for chief compliance officers includes recommendations for keeping the lines of communication open between broker firms, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Tweet Away It's been a struggle to get advisors to embrace social media because they don't fully recognize its business value. |
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. |
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 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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Andrew Gluck |
Redefining Financial Advice The fate of professionalization and the FPA hang in the regulatory balance. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Jane Worthington |
Accounting for Compliance Instead of viewing compliance as a necessary evil, financial advisors should see it as a cost of doing business and learn how to quantify that cost. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2011
Alan J. Foxman |
The Whole Truth Advisor Q&A: Disclosure of conflicts of interest... Clients testimonials as advertising... Advisor representatives and outside business activities... Form ADV on a CD... Qualifications needed on Form ADV... |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
Wish Upon An 'IAR' RIA or IAR? Registered investment advisor or independent advisor representative; the anagram you choose will depend on how big you are and how independent you want to be. |
Registered Rep.
December 16, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Compliance Outsourcing Gains Favor With RIAs Charles Schwab's RIA Benchmarking Study this year reports that 38 percent of firms were outsourcing their compliance functions, up from 27 percent in 2010. |
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. |
