Mark Schoeff Jr.

Mark Schoeff Jr. is a senior reporter at InvestmentNews. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers legislation and regulations affecting retail investment advisers and brokers. Prior to joining InvestmentNews in 2010, he wrote about employment and labor law for Workforce Management, a magazine that was published at the time by Crain Communications. He is a member of the National Press Club board. Before migrating to the editorial side of the journalism ecosystem, he served as press secretary for the late Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana and as director of external relations for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington. In a region where people keep their hometown loyalties intact, he has lived in the Washington area long enough to become an actual fan of the Nationals, Wizards, Capitals and the Washington Football Team. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and a master’s degree from George Mason University.

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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 26, 2019
Senate confirms Scalia as DOL secretary on party-line vote

Lead counsel of industry suit to kill original fiduciary rule may have to step back from rewrite

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 25, 2019
Experts warn SEC about perils of loosening private offering rules

Older investors and retirement savers could suffer, they say, but alternatives industry representatives tout portfolio diversification advantages.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 24, 2019
House hearing highlights SEC split on Reg BI

Democratic Rep. Maloney: 'It would weaken long-standing fiduciary standard for investment advisers.'

Leading expungement attorney accuses Finra staff of trying to influence arbitrators
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 23, 2019
Leading expungement attorney accuses Finra staff of trying to influence arbitrators

Finra spokeswoman: Case staff advise arbitration panels on rules, procedures

House approves bill that would end mandatory arbitration in broker, adviser contracts
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 20, 2019
House approves bill that would end mandatory arbitration in broker, adviser contracts

Legislation unlikely to get through Senate but sends a message for potential future action.

Scalia might have to recuse himself from DOL fiduciary rule rewrite
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 19, 2019
Scalia might have to recuse himself from DOL fiduciary rule rewrite

Labor Secretary nominee tells lawmakers ethics rules could limit his work on matters connected to his former clients.

Schroeder steps down as head of Finra enforcement
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 19, 2019
Schroeder steps down as head of Finra enforcement

She led merger of disparate operations, set principles for actions

Reg BI suits promise long legal fight over whether SEC did enough to protect investors
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 18, 2019
Reg BI suits promise long legal fight over whether SEC did enough to protect investors

Did the SEC ignore congressional intent, or was it on solid ground creating a new broker standard?

Finra panel orders Raymond James to pay former broker more than $500,000 for defamation
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 17, 2019
Finra panel orders Raymond James to pay former broker more than $500,000 for defamation

Arbitrators include $100,000 sanction for firm's foot-dragging in producing documents.

SEC continues to see problems with advisers selecting too-expensive share classes
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 13, 2019
SEC continues to see problems with advisers selecting too-expensive share classes

More than 18 months after the launch of its crackdown, agency exams show message isn't getting through.