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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 28, 2018
Finra arbitrators award $475,000 to Morgan Stanley for broker who violated protocol

Kevin Michael Clouse left the wirehouse in February 2017, months before the firm pulled out of the protocol agreement.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 28, 2018
Aegis Capital fined $1.3 million for failing to red flag overseas penny stock trades

Firm admitted it failed to file 'suspicious activity reports' on numerous suspicious transactions, the SEC says.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 27, 2018
Finra bars no-show former broker fired over fund sales

Lawrence Fawcett Jr. had consented to making unsuitable recommendations.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 27, 2018
Finra bars former Morgan Stanley adviser over hearing no-show

Regulator was investigating Matthew Singer's options recommendations.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 27, 2018
Finra bars former rep who provided 'inaccurate auto-loan information'

Cody Rock resigned from State Farm in September.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 27, 2018
DOL fiduciary rule death meets 'Back to the Future' is a must-watch

5th Circuit decision may lead to three tiers of client protection.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 27, 2018
Finra panel awards firm $780,424 against broker to repay legal costs

The question now becomes whether Alliance Affiliated Equities Corp. will be able to collect the arbitration award, a problem investors often face.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2018
SEC blasts Wedbush for ongoing failure to supervise

Agency says firm failed to take action against pump-and-dump fraud.

By InvestmentNews
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 27, 2018
Key lawmaker sees disclosure as most important part of investment-advice standard

Rep. Bill Huizenga, chair of House financial subcommittee, casts doubt on 'systemic problem.'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2018
Gannett 401(k) participant sues over stock holdings in former parent company

Complaint alleges the decline in the stock cost plan participants an estimated $135 million.

By Robert Steyer
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 26, 2018
Finra bars no-show broker discharged for unauthorized trading

LPL terminated registration of Sanders Spangler for violating company policy.

By InvestmentNews
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 26, 2018
DOL fiduciary rule lawsuit withdrawn by fixed annuities group in DC federal court

National Association of Fixed Annuities puts focus on 5th Circuit Appeals decision to kill regulation.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 26, 2018
Bank of America $42 million fine renews push for more info on where orders go

Its routing of customer orders to electronic traders triggered $42 million fine from New York state.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 24, 2018
DOL fiduciary rule: Don't abandon compliance just yet

Financial advisers, firms should not make any dramatic changes until the direction of this giant fiduciary ship is on a clearer course.

By crain-api
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 23, 2018
Finra bars former Fortune Financial rep over document denial

Fired over a fraud charge, Michael Giokas refused request for information.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES MAR 23, 2018
Business development company language added to spending bill allows for increased leverage

BDC reform was tacked onto the $1.3 trillion appropriations bill signed by Trump on Friday.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 23, 2018
Bank of America to pay $42 million to NY over electronic trading probe

As part of settlement, bank admits it inflated claims about number of retail orders routed to its dark pool, called "Instinct X."

By Crain's New York Business
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 22, 2018
Investment Adviser Association, Schwab press lawmakers for tax-reform adjustments to help advisers

Groups seek to restore deductibility for advisory fees and expand eligibility for pass-through benefits

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 22, 2018
Here's how the top indexed, variable annuity sellers did last year

Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America shed the most money on the indexed side, and Prudential Annuities on the variable end, both losing more than $2 billion in sales year-over-year.

By Greg Iacurci
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 21, 2018
Finra bars former Northwestern rep for impersonating customers

Finra barred Matthew Cochran for opening accounts held by 98 customers in trading ruse.

By InvestmentNews