A San Diego-based investment firm and two of the firm’s advisers have been charged with misusing soft dollars and “cherry-picking” more favorable trades to certain clients. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Administrative Law Judge Brenda P. Murray ruled that the … Read More
Luis A. Aguilar, a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), spoke at the New York Stock Exchange’s Governance Services department “Cyber Risks and the Boardroom” Conference on June 10, 2014. Aguilar spoke regarding the increasing risks associated with … Read More
This week Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA’s”) Rule 2081 (“the Rule”) was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Rule will prohibit the expungement of customer complaints, due to agreed-upon settlements with customers, through the Central Registration Depository … Read More
Each month, Core Compliance & Legal Services, Inc. (“Core Compliance”) publishes a Risk Management Update (“RMU”), authored by one of our staff members on a current “hot topic” in the securities industry. In late May 2014, Core Compliance’s Lead Managing … Read More
On May 19, 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (“FINRA’s”) Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum made his opening remarks to the assembly of financial professionals at FINRA’s Annual Conference in Washington D.C. The centerpiece of Ketchum’s speech was “restoring trust … Read More
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
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
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
