The SEC may be examining fewer investment advisers than ever, but when it does pay a visit, even routine exams are more demanding, according to lawyers, consultants, advisers and the agency itself.
Richard Ketchum, the chairman and chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., told a gathering of brokerage firm executives that his group will be more aggressive about investigating the advisory activities of their brokers — regardless of whether it <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090517/REG/305179968&ht=SRO>gets full regulatory authority </a> to oversee investment advisers.
WealthTouch Inc. this week announced an addition to its Institutional Reporting Module which it is calling the Share of Wallet Report.
Members of the insurance industry are applauding an amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 that eliminates a section that would have given the agency oversight of some insurance products.
Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has reached a $200,000 settlement with the state of Massachusetts, resolving accusations that several of its reps employed unfair sales practices when working with clients.
Patricia Cornwell, the author of several best-selling crime novels, is going after her financial advisers in an attempt to recover $40 million she has lost, according to multiple published reports.
J.P. Morgan Funds is rolling out an online version of its target date evaluation program for advisers. The firm also is discussing developing a similar tool to help advisers analyze target risk funds.
The House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to create a federal agency devoted to protecting U.S. consumers from predatory lending, abusive overdraft fees and unfair rate hikes.
Microsoft Corp. today officially launched its Windows 7 operating system to the masses.
Fiserv, Inc. has released version 5.6 of its Investment Management Solution. The solution is a soup-to-nuts trading platform that supports everything from account screening and portfolio validation to order generation and trade execution.
Advisers interested in the technology behind ultra-high-speed trading should take a look at a newly published white paper from exchange technology provider Cinnober.
In what could be a bit of a make-good to investors after missing some massive fraud cases in the last year, <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20090913/REG/309139986&ht=SEC " target=”_blank”> —namely Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme — </a>, the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched its first-ever website devoted exclusively to helping educate investors.
A member of the House Financial Services Committee next week plans to propose an amendment to financial service legislation that would require that a study be done on the regulation and oversight of financial planning.
Matthew Weitzman, a former principal of AFW Asset Management Inc., was sentenced to 97 months in prison after he pleaded guilty last year to stealing from the firm's clients.
Fears abound about the potential for change in the regulatory and compliance arena.
Based on a draft amendment of the Investors Protection Act that was distributed today by the House Financial Services Committee to select members of the financial services industry, the duty of care applied to both brokers and financial advisers would be at least as high as the standards that the SEC applies to investment advisers.
Three men are accused of running a Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $14 million from hundreds of Haitian-American investors in South Florida and New Jersey.
There is no Big Deal for you right now at a Big Firm. Time to get pragmatic.
The industry effort to regulate financial planning as a profession has support from within, but it won't escape opposition from other sectors of the financial services community, several industry leaders said last week.
