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Mark Schoeff Jr.

Mark Schoeff Jr. is a senior reporter at InvestmentNews. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers legislation and regulations affecting retail investment advisers and brokers. Prior to joining InvestmentNews in 2010, he wrote about employment and labor law for Workforce Management, a magazine that was published at the time by Crain Communications. He is a member of the National Press Club board. Before migrating to the editorial side of the journalism ecosystem, he served as press secretary for the late Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana and as director of external relations for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington. In a region where people keep their hometown loyalties intact, he has lived in the Washington area long enough to become an actual fan of the Nationals, Wizards, Capitals and the Washington Football Team. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and a master’s degree from George Mason University.

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Indexed-annuities amendment: Insurers yea, advisers nay

Congressional committee approval late last week of an amendment to the financial-reform bill maintaining state regulation of equity-indexed annuities drew mixed reaction, with insurers cheering the action and advisers largely opposing it.

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Senate compromise on fiduciary duty draws cheers, jeers

An insurance group lauds a proposal requiring the SEC to merely examine a single standard of care. And what will come of the study? Not much, says a consumer advocate.

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Committee votes to keep states in charge of indexed annuities

The proposal clarifies that the funds are insurance products that should be overseen by states rather than securities that should be regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Senate conferees approve Harkin amendment on equity-indexed annuities

Mr. Harkin's amendment would clarify that these funds are insurance products that should be overseen by states rather than the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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House-Senate negotiators hit impasse on fiduciary standard

Standard of care takes center stage on Capitol Hill amid a flurry of offers, counteroffers, and counter-counteroffers. Right now, House-Senate negotiators appear to be locked in a stalemate.

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Planners claim small victory in financial-reform legislation

A small provision buried in both the House and Senate versions of financial-reform legislation is being hailed by some as a modest but important step for the financial planning industry.

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Senate fails to act on fiduciary amendments

Any hope for a universal investment advice rule now rests on the conference members who will try to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill.

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Fight for fiduciary standard going down to the wire

The fate of a universal fiduciary standard for brokers and financial advisers hinges on the outcome of House-Senate negotiations over the most dramatic overhaul of financial regulations since the 1930s.

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Firm insists it followed SEC’s ethics rules

Getco, a market-making firm that specializes in global high-frequency electronic trading, insists that it followed SEC ethics rules in recruiting and hiring a top SEC official as its associate general counsel.

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Pension industry to fight for retirement plan tax breaks: IN’s Schoeff

PAC funding boosts ASPPA's clout on Capitol Hill; 'bigger voice'