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MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 07, 2014
Supreme Court broadens whistle-blower status, mutual fund firms on alert

Rules in favor of Fidelity employees who say they were fired for reporting fraud.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 07, 2014
Obama's budget: What advisers need to know

SEC would get funding boost; limits placed on retirement-savings tax breaks for wealthy.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2014
Republican tax plan would hit Wall Street hard

Dave Camp, the Republican House Ways and Means Committee chairman, is filling in the blanks in his plan to revamp the U.S. tax code and leaning on the financial industry to help pay for lower tax rates.

By Matt Ackermann
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 07, 2014
Senate committee faults Credit Suisse over tax dodgers

A Senate committee report will reprimand Credit Suisse Group AG for helping American clients dodge taxes and will criticize the Justice Department for not pursuing offshore banks aggressively enough, according to two people with knowledge of the findings.

By Matt Ackermann
WIREHOUSES MAR 06, 2014
Former Merrill Lynch broker accused of 18-year Ponzi scheme

A former Merrill Lynch broker already serving a 33-month sentence for securities fraud is back in the hot seat after being indicted for an 18-year Ponzi scheme.

By Mason Braswell
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 06, 2014
Finra board set to reconsider BrokerCheck website link

Finra plans to revive a proposal that would require brokers to offer customers easier access to their profile in its BrokerCheck database. It's been modified since the first time the regulator floated it. <i>(See what happened to the <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20130424/FREE/130429972&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">first plan</a>.)</i>

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
FINTECH MAR 06, 2014
SEC off to aggressive start in 2014, but can it follow through?

The SEC's recent whirlwind of regulatory warnings prompts the question of whether it is biting off more than it can chew.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 06, 2014
Tittsworth to step down as Investment Adviser Association head in 2015

Oversaw growth of investment adviser lobby to 550 firms managing $11T, from 200 firms managing $1T.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 06, 2014
SEC takes deep dive on conflicts of interest

Wrap fee accounts, rollovers and dually registered advisers crown list of examination priorities for 2014

By Mason Braswell
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 06, 2014
Finra advisory group could accelerate regulator's move toward 'best-interests' regime

Bringing the investor's perspective to Finra's work will add momentum to its tendency to promote the best-interests standard for investment advice.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 06, 2014
SEC needs up to 2,000 — not 250 — new examiners for advice coverage

The SEC chairman seeks a funding boost from Congress to add 250 investment adviser examiners. But she really needs eight times that amount to make a difference.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 06, 2014
Waters introduces bill to fund investment adviser examinations

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 05, 2014
White House budget proposal targets Social Security benefits

President Obama's plan takes aim at strategies used by upper-income claimants to increase their benefits.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES MAR 05, 2014
Musk's next move; brokers fail to report trouble

The Tesla chief wants to get into military satellite launching. Plus, brokers failing to report trouble to Finra, stocks (and Costco earnings) drop, the Citi/Oceanografia plot thinkens, who you should follow on Twitter, and more.

By Mason Braswell
WIREHOUSES MAR 05, 2014
Ex-Wells Fargo adviser wins nearly $1 million in promissory note quarrel

Wells Fargo sought $76,152 from a former broker, but in the end was ordered to pay the adviser more than 10 times that amount .

By Mason Braswell
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 05, 2014
Finra moves to tighten public arbitrator definition

Proposal would draw a bright line to exclude those with industry ties.

By Mason Braswell
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE MAR 04, 2014
Finra relies on big data for better use of resources

Regulator's chief risk officer says data collection marks a &#8220;paradigm shift&#8221; in how the regulator conducts examinations.

By Mason Braswell
EQUITIES MAR 04, 2014
JPMorgan's Madoff missteps

Breakfast with Benjamin: JPMorgan's Madoff missteps, Prudential's bullishness, ETF inflows' lessons, gold bugs' squashed state and Kraft's Velveeta shortage warning. Plus: pot stocks vs. prison stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAR 04, 2014
How many more wolves are left on Wall Street?

Investors and regulators are more tuned in to fraud now than in the days of the big boiler rooms.

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 02, 2014
Prepare early for regulatory exams

By MFXFeeder