On this week’s episode of the CCO Buzz we have Lead Senior Compliance Consultant Tina Mitchell. She provides a few helpful considerations for firms to keep top of mind as they prepare for Q4 and the upcoming new year. She … Read More
A broker-dealer’s internal Policies and Procedures for keeping accurate and up-to-date records of compensation, travel, gifts, and entertainment expenditures, including audio files, are an essential part of a firm’s books and records requirements.
Among a variety of other requirements, investment advisers have a fiduciary duty to seek the best available execution for each client’s trades at the most favorable prices possible under current market conditions.
The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) Whistleblower Program, created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, has been nothing short of success (at least, from the standpoint of regulators and whistleblowers). Since its … Read More
Even though the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Fiduciary Rule (which was designed to expand the definition of what constituted fiduciary advice as part of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)) has been vacated by the 5th U.S. … Read More
The issue of Robo-advisers (and the potential regulatory consequences of an adviser that relies heavily on automation to achieve what was traditionally achieved through human interaction) is nothing new. In fact, electronic investment advice has been a continuous SEC top … Read More
Though once thought no more than a digital curiosity, a passing Millennial trend, or something only used by criminals in illicit, internet-based black markets, so-called virtual currency (which includes cryptocurrency, like the well-known Bitcoin), has become a staple of the … Read More
[UPDATE] On June 21st, 2018: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a mandate today that vacated the DOL Fiduciary Rule. With over 20% of the U.S. population projected to be over the age of 65 by … Read More
Join us at the NSCP Regulatory Interchange with the SEC at the San Francisco Schwab Center on May 4th, 2018.
The SEC has released its 2018 examination priorities, and the focus on, and protection of, aging clients, and considerations related to such clients (as a subset of retail investors generally), is a continuing theme. The focus on these investors has … Read More