Legal and compliance professionals working within securities firms face a wide range of unique problems and demands – a fact that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) Commissioner David Gallagher acknowledged during a speech on May 12, 2014, in Washington, … Read More
In the investment advisory world, a positive performance report of an investment account means everything. Unfortunately, in the case of Vineet Kalucha, the Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) of the New York-based hedge fund advisory firm Aphelion Fund Management, the altering … Read More
As increasing consideration is given to the use of social media in the financial industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continues to follow in step with evaluating new developments and concerns in its March 2014 Investment Management (IM) Guidance, … Read More
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) approved an amendment to its Supervision Rule that will require firms to perform background checks on applicants for registration, in an announcement made in an April 24, 2014 press release. These background checks would … Read More
On the heels of a wave of newly-launched regulatory Rules involving Supervision and other areas, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is taking a step back to reassess its process of reviewing past rules in a process called “retrospective rule … Read More
In the ever-evolving 21st century sphere of US investor protections, one of the most constantly seen involves regulatory measures that help protect our growing demographic population of the elderly in America. In a March 21, 2014 letter between executives with … Read More
In last week’s blog post, Core Compliance’s Compliance Corner outlined the five (5) primary sections of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Rule 3110, recently approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). One of the four (4) new consolidated … Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has recently approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA’s”) proposed new consolidated rules for Supervision and Supervisory Control Systems. These FINRA rules – issued as Rules 3110, 3120, 3150, and 3170, to replace regulatory … Read More
At the beginning of March 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced that they would amend their proposal, pursuant to Regulatory Notice 13-42, for a Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System (“CARDS”) to include restrictions on the amount of sensitive … Read More
At the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Board of Governors meeting held on February 13, 2014, a previously withdrawn rule change proposal was revived that would require brokerage firms to incorporate a link to “BrokerCheck” on their public websites and … Read More