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A proposal by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) to increase the release of publically-available information about disciplined brokers has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The measure assures the release of copies of disciplinary complaints … Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking greater institutional funding to be used towards staffing more examiners for investment advisers, but according to an industry source, the agency needs many more positions than they estimate to increase its reach. … Read More
Branch office registration for broker-dealers and advisers hoping to open a branch office in Florida has just gotten easier, thanks to a new Florida state measure. On June 14, 2013, Governor Rick Scott passed a law to allow branch office … Read More
In an open meeting held on June 5th by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the SEC’s Chair, Mary Jo White, proposed a series of rules aiming to provide meaningful reform to the functional operations of money market funds. In … Read More
Richard Ketchum, the chairman, and chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), recently cautioned brokers on the potential decrease in bond values at the agency’s annual conference in Washington, DC. In his speech on May 21st, Ketchum touched … Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Division of Investment Management released detailed guidance this month responding to compliance oversight findings issued in a report by the SEC’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The original OIG report, released on June … Read More
In a move that has rippled through the securities industry, Charles Schwab has retracted their waiver of rights by clients of class-action lawsuits stipulated in their account agreements. Schwab explained that it would be revising the agreements to reflect this … Read More
A new online version of Form 13F is scheduled to be made accessible on the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) filing website on Monday, May 20, 2013. Form 13F, also known as the … Read More
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) retracted a rule, proposed this year, requiring brokers to display a URL on their websites and on social media profiles linking directly to their background profiles on the online FINRA-based database BrokerCheck. BrokerCheck … Read More
A recent petition on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website has begun to bring light to a move by advocacy groups and others to force disclosures of corporate political campaign funds. Proponents seek the adoption of a rule by … Read More