Regulation And Legislation

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Remember the titans: Wall Street elite got $1.2T in secret loans
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 16, 2011
Remember the titans: Wall Street elite got $1.2T in secret loans

Aristocracy of banking would have likely gone down the tubes without previously undisclosed Fed money; 'whopping numbers'

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 16, 2011
Stifel defrauded school districts: SEC

Says brokerage told officials in Wisconsin it would take '15 Enrons' to sink $200M investment; CDOs went bust

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 16, 2011
Ex-Wells Fargo adviser: I was fired for blowing the whistle on my boss

Bolanis claims Christopher Sargent was putting elderly clients in unsuitable investments; Sargent, Wells deny accusations

By Liz Skinner
Wedbush ordered to pay $3.5M for 'morally reprehensible failure'
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 16, 2011
Wedbush ordered to pay $3.5M for 'morally reprehensible failure'

Finra panel says brokerage stiffed muni trader who was owed years worth of incentive comp

By Liz Skinner
INcite: SEC's cease-and-desist orders a joke
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 16, 2011
INcite: SEC's cease-and-desist orders a joke

Commission tells JPMorgan securities unit not to do what it told it not to do two times before; third time's the charm?

By Bloomberg
Principal-protected notes don't always protect principal, regulators warn
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 15, 2011
Principal-protected notes don't always protect principal, regulators warn

Both the SEC and Finra have issued an alert about popular structured notes that claim to protect investors' principal. The problem? The notes don't always protect investors' principal.

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 15, 2011
Finra to develop 'report card' on disclosures?

Municipal-bond dealers failing to adequately disclose the risks of debt they handle should expect more disciplinary action, said Malcolm Northam, senior director of member regulation at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

By Mark Bruno
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 15, 2011
Finra hires big gun to lobby for adviser SRO

Michael Oxley, the former congressman who co-wrote the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has registered as a lobbyist for Finra to promote its campaign to become the self-regulator of investment advisers

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 12, 2011
Provident mess lands on Fidelity's doorstep

By Bruce Kelly
Spouses of tax deadbeats catch a break
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 08, 2011
Spouses of tax deadbeats catch a break

IRS nixes two-year time limit for innocent-spouses to plead their case; rule applies to couples who file jointly

By John Goff
RIA NEWS JUN 08, 2011
Will newly proposed tax changes whack the wealthy?

With the Bush tax cuts extended for another two years, the status remains quo on major — and imminent — potential changes in tax law, right?

By Andrew Osterland
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 07, 2011
Not-so-distinguished gentleman conned Eddie Murphy's ex out of $7M: U.S.

Financial adviser claimed he was investing money in the Middle East, say prosecutors; long and questionable trail

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 07, 2011
Bite from 12(b)-1 fee reform should be 'modest' for most firms: KBW

But these three fund firms would likely take the biggest hit under current proposal

By Bloomberg
Finra's Ketchum: B-Ds must 'push and pull' for Reg D details
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 07, 2011
Finra's Ketchum: B-Ds must 'push and pull' for Reg D details

Finra wants broker-dealers that sell risky Regulation D private placements to engage in a more vigorous due diligence process, “pushing and pulling” for information about the products, according to Richard Ketchum, chairman and chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 07, 2011
Indie broker-dealer J.P. Turner bucks trend by winning private-placement case

In what can only be viewed as a surprise outcome, an independent broker-dealer has won a rare legal victory in the continuing scrum over private placements that has forced several broker-dealers to shut down

By Bruce Kelly
Fidelity exec on 12(b)-1 cap: Advisers will still get paid
MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 07, 2011
Fidelity exec on 12(b)-1 cap: Advisers will still get paid

O'Hanley says expense will 'pop up' somewhere else; whack-a-mole for the SEC?

By Jessica Toonkel
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 06, 2011
Family offices fret over Dodd-Frank disclosures

The financial-reform law is threatening the privacy of some of America's richest families.

By Hilary Johnson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 05, 2011
ASPPA: Funds lost to retirement plan tax breaks overstated

Federal revenue losses due to tax breaks for retirement savings plans are being greatly exaggerated, according to a group that is urging Congress not to eliminate so-called retirement tax expenditures

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 05, 2011
Pay-to-play 'death penalty' scaring the life out of advisers

New regulations aimed at ending the cozy relationship between government and those who advise the government on investment matters sound good on first blush. But as firms have discovered, the devil's in the details.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUN 05, 2011
Advisers are ahead of the game on DOL rule compliance

Instead of standing on the sidelines waiting for a number of long-awaited Labor Department rules to take effect, advisers are figuring out how things will change and are wasting no time as they gear up

By Darla Mercado