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States may collaborate on adviser examinations
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 13, 2011
States may collaborate on adviser examinations

State securities regulators are meeting next week to begin planning for the examinations of more than 3,000 investment advisers expected to come under their jurisdiction next year.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
States may yet wrest some control over Reg D offerings

So-called 'bad boy' provision still under discussion, says Texas regulator; definition of 'accredited investor' also said to be on the table

By Bruce Kelly
State regulator says SEC dropped the ball on private placements
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 13, 2011
State regulator says SEC dropped the ball on private placements

Don't blame state regulators for the financial crisis; blame those who took power away from state regulators.

By Sara Hansard
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds
RIA NEWS JAN 12, 2011
Money fund industry aims to foist reporting burden onto B-Ds

To avoid future panics in money market funds, the mutual fund industry is calling on federal regulators to force broker-dealers to disclose information about their money fund clients.

By Jessica Toonkel
New Form ADV-2 adding costs, confusion
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 11, 2011
New Form ADV-2 adding costs, confusion

A new rule aimed at making the financial advisory business more understandable to clients is giving advisers a headache.

By Lisa Shidler
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 07, 2011
Finra to step up surveillance of stock exchanges in 2011

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2011
SEC budget boost dashed by Senate

The Securities and Exchange Commission is unlikely to see its budget increased over the next couple months as it continues to implement Dodd-Frank.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
SEC delays plans to create departments
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2011
SEC delays plans to create departments

The Securities and Exchange Commission is holding off forming several new departments required under the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

By Dan Jamieson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2011
Schapiro's $9M payout enrages advisers

The disclosure that Mary Schapiro received nearly $9 million last year when she left her post as Finra's chief executive to become chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission was greeted with outrage by brokerage industry participants last week.

By Dan Jamieson
Kill bill? Rep. Bachmann aims to repeal Dodd-Frank
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 05, 2011
Kill bill? Rep. Bachmann aims to repeal Dodd-Frank

But Republican representative has little support for wholesale repeal, even among GOP

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
SEC freezes advisers' assets on 'self-dealing' claims
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 04, 2011
SEC freezes advisers' assets on 'self-dealing' claims

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission froze the assets of a North Carolina investment firm and its owner, claiming he diverted more than $16 million from clients including pension funds, school endowments and hospitals.

By Liz Skinner
Securities America pins blame on MedCap at hearing
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 03, 2011
Securities America pins blame on MedCap at hearing

Securities America, Massachusetts regulator battle over who's at fault in Reg D fiasco

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 03, 2011
Montana securities cops sue Securities America

Montana's commissioner of securities and insurance has sued Securities America over the sale of failed private placements, making it the second state to target the broker-dealer for selling the risky investments.

By Bruce Kelly
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 02, 2011
Pacific Life ordered to pay $260K over paperwork snafu

By Darla Mercado
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 02, 2011
Cold-calling brokers dial wrong numbers

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 30, 2010
Congress moves to keep SEC open to information requests

Bipartisan members of the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a bill Thursday that would remove exemptions for the Securities and Exchange Commission to a law that promotes openness at federal agencies.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 30, 2010
Pequot whistleblower lands $750K in 'land war' with SEC

Former staffer allegedly fired for wanting to question John Mack about possible insider trading at Pequot Capital

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2010
Rep settles charges he hoodwinked elderly nuns

SEC claims broker churned accounts of the Sisters of Charity

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2010
B-Ds see increase in use of offerings sponsored by firms

First Allied Securities Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Raymond James Financial Inc. are among a number of broker-dealers preparing for a spike in financial advisers' use of firm-sponsored, fee-based money management programs if brokers are to be held to a fiduciary standard of care.

By Jessica Toonkel
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 28, 2010
JPMorgan placed 'spoof' orders to drive down silver prices: Suit

Lawsuit claims bank and HSBC placed large orders, then withdrew them

By Bloomberg