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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 15, 2011
RJ pays record $1.8M to 87-year-old client

By Darla Mercado
Frank: I'm against an SRO for advisers
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 15, 2011
Frank: I'm against an SRO for advisers

Good news for advisers, but influential pol also plans to defend Dodd-Frank in his final days in office

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 15, 2011
Long, slow path looms for investment adviser SRO

On Wall Street, fortunes can be made and lost over the course of a trading day, and firms such as MF Global can collapse in a week

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Dermatology firm skinned its employees in stock buyback: SEC
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 14, 2011
Dermatology firm skinned its employees in stock buyback: SEC

Stiefel Labs accused of repurchasing shares without disclosing true value of the firm — or its imminent sale to pharma giant; charges denied

By Liz Skinner
Industry to SEC: Review SRO rules, too
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 14, 2011
Industry to SEC: Review SRO rules, too

Industry groups want the SEC to review and possibly eliminate many of its regulations — including self-regulatory-organization rules.

By Dan Jamieson
BlackRock, ProShare execs clash over ETF proposal
ETFS DEC 13, 2011
BlackRock, ProShare execs clash over ETF proposal

Recent market volatility is prompting Congress to examine the role ETFs may play in the gyrations. At the same time, ETF vendors are squabbling over the best way to dampen the risks arising from the popular funds.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
SIPC slammed by fraud victims
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 13, 2011
SIPC slammed by fraud victims

Allege legitimate claims disallowed while trustees rake in excessive charges; 'customer is always shorted'

By John Goff
Ex-Stanford advisers targeted by SEC: Reports
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 13, 2011
Ex-Stanford advisers targeted by SEC: Reports

Patrick Cruickshank is one of at least four former Stanford Group Co. financial advisers and executives who may be sued by U.S. securities regulators for fraud, according to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. and a lawyer for the brokerage's underwriter.

By Mark Bruno
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 12, 2011
Liars clubbed? SEC cracks down on tarted-up ADVs

The Securities and Exchange Commission has started targeting investment advisers who have lied on their registration forms

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Advisers split on Occupy Wall Street
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 12, 2011
Advisers split on Occupy Wall Street

Surprisingly, an exclusive <i>InvestmentNews</i>poll shows that nearly 40 percent of advisers support the anti-Wall Street movement. But an even larger percentage say nothing will come of the protests.

By Darla Mercado
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS DEC 11, 2011
Peter Schiff's Rx for the B-D biz: Get rid of Finra and SEC

Peter Schiff, CEO and strategist for Euro Pacific Capital, stopped by the <i>InvestmentNews</i> offices for a chat with Deputy Editor Evan Cooper - and Mr. Schiff offers some pointed views on regulation of brokers and advisers.

By Mark Bruno
FSI girds for greatest challenge in 'regulatory landscape in 70 years'
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 08, 2011
FSI girds for greatest challenge in 'regulatory landscape in 70 years'

By Liz Skinner
Don't expect fiduciary proposal this year: SEC insider
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 08, 2011
Don't expect fiduciary proposal this year: SEC insider

Don't expect the SEC's fiduciary proposal this year. According to a Commission insider, ramped-up cost-benefit analysis is gumming up the works. Said the official: 'The time frame certainly has slipped.'

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 08, 2011
Lack of facts could hurt fight for fiduciary standard

The lack of empirical evidence showing that brokers lead investors into bad investments because they want the commissions from those products is making it a challenge for supporters of a uniform fiduciary duty to convince lawmakers that there is a problem

By Liz Skinner
Lawmakers pile on insider-trading ban bandwagon
EQUITIES DEC 07, 2011
Lawmakers pile on insider-trading ban bandwagon

Bipartisan support is growing in the U.S. Congress for new rules banning insider trading by lawmakers amid concerns about waning trust among the public.

By Doug Cubberley
Insider-trading rule needed to restore trust: Lawmakers
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 07, 2011
Insider-trading rule needed to restore trust: Lawmakers

New restrictions on insider-trading by U.S. lawmakers are needed to help lift waning public trust in Congress.

By Doug Cubberley
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 07, 2011
Neuberger analyst put on leave amid probe

Neuberger Berman Group has put research analyst Fayad Abbasi on paid leave as it looks into insider-trading

By Doug Cubberley
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 06, 2011
'Super' failure signals tax gridlock

The failure of the deficit reduction supercommittee last week all but guarantees that the gridlock over tax reform, including the Bush-era tax cuts, will continue beyond next year's presidential election

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 06, 2011
Tax code overhaul unlikely this year

Like baseball fans whose team came up short, those hoping for an overhaul of the tax code by the congressional deficit-cutting supercommittee likely will have to wait until next year

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
MF Global's 1,066 brokers fired by trustee
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE DEC 06, 2011
MF Global's 1,066 brokers fired by trustee

200 former employees will be hired to help with liquidation of bankrupt B-D; 'saddened'

By John Goff