Republican commissioners have criticized SEC Chairman Gary Gensler's expansive agenda.
The agency said it needs another 60 days to make a determination, pushing the new deadline to March 16.
Morgan Stanley allegedly learned of the breach when it was contacted by a man who said he had purchased used IT equipment from an internet vendor that came with access to sensitive customer data.
The New Year may not be so happy for firms that employ a high number of registered reps with disciplinary histories.
In a recent supplement to a 2020 letter, the agency made clear that it does not endorse the use of private equity in defined-contribution plans.
Emerson Equity and Triad Advisors reached end-of-the-year settlements related to complaints about poor supervision of certain mutual fund sales.
It's important for advisers to understand what they can and can't do under the agency's new marketing rules when it comes to advertising and marketing via social media and messaging apps.
The earlier-than-expected decision from the SEC could suggest a 2022 approval for a pure Bitcoin fund may not be in the cards either.
LPL, Wells Fargo and three Advisor Group firms avoided penalties for 'extraordinary cooperation' with Finra's investigation.
The company failed to reveal conflicts of interest concerning marketing fees paid by clients for mutual funds, according to the regulator. The independent broker-dealer 1st Global Advisors was acquired by Blucora in 2019.
William A. Birdthistle is currently a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. The division oversees regulatory policy for investment advisers.
According to the order, Global failed to offset certain portfolio company fees against management fees charged to clients, as required under its offering and governing documents.
Roisman, who has been a commissioner since 2018, played a key role in Trump-era efforts by the SEC to rein in proxy advisory firms and to make it easier for companies to block submissions from newer stockholders.
The agency's Standard of Conduct Implementation Committee found content and format problems after reviewing a cross section of filings.
Gov. Jay Inslee says legislators need time to refine the program, the Washington Cares Fund.
Employees often communicated about business on their personal devices, using text messaging applications, such as WhatsApp. The compliance systems were not keeping up with technological advances, an expert said.
The regulator says the firm failed to review more than 100 accounts for junk-bond concentrations.
The case alleges fiduciary breaches based on the existence of cheaper investment options on the market than those used in the plan.
The Government Accountability Office's report analyzed 69 SEC reviews of Finra since fiscal 2018.
One of the lead plaintiffs in the class-action case appears to be the company’s former regional vice president of retirement sales.
