Regulation And Legislation

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NEWS ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2014
House approves changes to Dodd-Frank law

Revisions are a sign of pressure to come on the financial reform package.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 18, 2014
Adviser misused $8 million in client funds: SEC

Settlement requires him to pay more than $500,000

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 18, 2014
Maxine Waters, top Democrat on House financial committee, calls for hearing on adviser oversight

California Democrat cites stats showing that every year, SEC examines just 9% of the roughly 11,000 RIAs under its purview.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS FINTECH JUL 18, 2014
Morningstar settles software piracy case

Morningstar reached an agreement with Business Logic, which had filed an intellectual property lawsuit against the research firm.

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 18, 2014
Morningstar goes to trial in intellectual property lawsuit

Business Logic Corp., a managed accounts software firm, is suing Morningstar Inc., claiming the company illegally replicated some of its software

By Joyce Hanson
NEWS FINTECH JUL 18, 2014
7 ways to correct advisers' biggest technology and compliance blunders

From improperly storing client data to misusing document management systems, here are the top mistakes technology experts see advisers making.

By lkonish
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2014
SEC limits who qualifies as a public arbitrator

Agency approves rule to throw more candidates into nonpublic pool.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 17, 2014
SEC approves Finra background check rule

SEC approves Finra background check rule; expanded requirement faces industry pushback but could help firms avoid rogue hires.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS EQUITIES JUL 17, 2014
Markets climb in stride with pessimism

Plus: Janet Yellen's dovish optimism, Ernst & Young's $4 million lobbying settlement, how Citigroup agreed on that $7 billion figure, and QE has had almost no impact on unemployment

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 17, 2014
Former rep indicted in $2.5 million investment fraud

Patricia Miller promised clients high yields if they went into “investment clubs.”

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS EQUITIES JUL 17, 2014
Barclays in the hot seat over charges it courted high-frequency traders

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays tagged for HFT. Plus: A looming 401(k) crisis, the marriage math for gay couples, the fuzzy math of inflation data, tapping into the fracking boom, and Russian stocks are not for the meek.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 17, 2014
Ex-John Thomas hedge fund manager loses bid to toss SEC case

By Andrew Leigh
NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 17, 2014
Independent broker-dealer a magnet for brokers from troubled firms

Thirty-one of 37 brokers at IAA Financial, partly owned by Finra board small firm rep Kevin Carreno, came from firms Finra had expelled.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2014
SEC shuts down adviser it says is defrauding clients

Agency says Scott Valente convinced 80 investors in upstate New York to turn over $8.8 million in the last four years.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2014
SAC's Steinberg sentenced as insider probe winds down

Former SAC Capital Advisors LP hedge fund manager Michael Steinberg was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for insider trading, capping one of the biggest victories for prosecutors who spent seven years investigating the firm and its boss, Steven A. Cohen.

By Matt Ackermann
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2014
Madoff aides convicted in Ponzi trial

Five former aides to Bernard Madoff who spent decades working for his firm were found guilty of helping run the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, a $17.5 billion fraud exposed by the 2008 financial crisis.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2014
Morgan Stanley broker charged in $5.6M insider trading plot

Elaborate scheme allegedly included destroying evidence by eating Post-It notes beneath the clock at Grand Central Terminal

By lkonish
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2014
Ex-UBS banker pleads guilty in 17-year U.S. tax scheme

Martin Lack admitted that for 17 years he helped U.S. clients maintain secret overseas accounts.

By Matt Ackermann
NEWS RIAS JUL 16, 2014
SEC keeps fiduciary promises vague for 2015

Agency's annual report reveals higher percentage of adviser exams, and priorities for next year.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 16, 2014
Vanguard faces tax evasion charges in ex-employee's whistleblower suit

Ex-employee alleges low-cost fund provider operated as an illegal tax shelter, avoiding about $1 billion in taxes over 10 years

By Trevor Hunnicutt