Regulation, Legal & Compliance

Displaying 10946 results
Remote regulation to add new hurdles
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 24, 2020
Remote regulation to add new hurdles

Working from home would mean depending on telephone, video or online outreach

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Senators can’t rely on 'my adviser did it' excuse to dodge insider-trading questions
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 24, 2020
Senators can’t rely on 'my adviser did it' excuse to dodge insider-trading questions

Former SEC enforcement official says lawmakers should have set up blind trusts or automated trading

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Scams targeting seniors are incorporating COVID-19 concerns
OPINION MAR 24, 2020
Scams targeting seniors are incorporating COVID-19 concerns

The SEC and Finra have posted warnings about frauds that play off the pandemic

By Josh Jones and Taylor Anderson
SEC goes after barred Ohio adviser for violating order
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 24, 2020
SEC goes after barred Ohio adviser for violating order

Brandon Copeland created a new firm and failed to pay penalty

By InvestmentNews
Recession would slow state auto-IRAs, MEPs
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 23, 2020
Recession would slow state auto-IRAs, MEPs

Programs will remain viable but will take longer to build assets as gig workers and small businesses struggle to stay afloat, leaders said

By Emile Hallez
Senate virus rescue plan stalls
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 23, 2020
Senate virus rescue plan stalls

Democrats voted to reject Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's latest version of the measure

By Bloomberg
Senate coronavirus package would allow hardship early access to retirement accounts
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 20, 2020
Senate coronavirus package would allow hardship early access to retirement accounts

Financial industry also pushes for temporary waiver on required minimum distributions

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
IRS delays tax-filing date to July 15
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 20, 2020
IRS delays tax-filing date to July 15

After the extension, the deadline for filing now matches the deadline for tax payments announced previously

By Bloomberg
401(k) lawsuits keep coming, despite COVID-19
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 19, 2020
401(k) lawsuits keep coming, despite COVID-19

Two lawsuits over plans’ target-date investments were filed in the past week, and there was a major development in another case

By Emile Hallez
Finra bars no-show Kestra broker
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 19, 2020
Finra bars no-show Kestra broker

James Blake Daughtry was to be questioned about unauthorized trading in customers' accounts

By InvestmentNews
Investor advocate says variable annuity summary prospectus lacked sufficient testing
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 18, 2020
Investor advocate says variable annuity summary prospectus lacked sufficient testing

The SEC says in the final rule that it solicited feedback on hypothetical forms

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Treasury proposes to guarantee money market funds in stimulus
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 18, 2020
Treasury proposes to guarantee money market funds in stimulus

The plan temporarily permits the use of its exchange stabilization fund to guarantee money market funds

By Bloomberg
Job-hopping broker suspended for two years over churning
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 18, 2020
Job-hopping broker suspended for two years over churning

Halil Kozi had worked at 18 firms since 1987, and three of those firms were expelled by Finra

By InvestmentNews
How a new regulation for brokers will protect investors
OPINION MAR 17, 2020
How a new regulation for brokers will protect investors

The SEC got Reg BI right because it carefully balances consumer protection with investor choice

By Tom Quaadman
Wells Fargo named in new 401(k) lawsuit
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 17, 2020
Wells Fargo named in new 401(k) lawsuit

The company has been sued again over its use of its own products in its retirement plan

By Emile Hallez
Treasury delays April 15 tax deadline for millions
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 17, 2020
Treasury delays April 15 tax deadline for millions

The extension gives individuals and many businesses 90 extra days to send checks to the government

By Bloomberg
Advisers should think twice about taking the SEC up on its ADV filing extension
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2020
Advisers should think twice about taking the SEC up on its ADV filing extension

Firms admitting their business continuity plans didn’t hold up amid the panic caused by the coronavirus is ‘not a good look’

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Federal court finds RIA guilty of fraud
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2020
Federal court finds RIA guilty of fraud

The case, brought by the SEC, involved undisclosed compensation

By InvestmentNews
HSBC pays $750,000 to settle with SEC on adviser comp practices
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 17, 2020
HSBC pays $750,000 to settle with SEC on adviser comp practices

The agency charged the firm with misrepresenting how it paid dually registered reps

By InvestmentNews
SEC bars former Merrill Lynch adviser over alleged $1.7 million fraud
WIREHOUSES MAR 17, 2020
SEC bars former Merrill Lynch adviser over alleged $1.7 million fraud

The Chicago broker had been fired by the wirehouse and previously barred by Finra

By InvestmentNews