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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Dually registered advisers found to have conflicts and higher fees
NEWS RIAS AUG 08, 2019
Dually registered advisers found to have conflicts and higher fees

Academic paper says many 'fall short of the spirit of the fiduciary standard.'

Finra widens window on exam cycle for some small firms
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 08, 2019
Finra widens window on exam cycle for some small firms

Those with clean records to be reviewed every four years, board member says.

Regulators, legislators focus on delivering restitution to harmed investors
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 07, 2019
Regulators, legislators focus on delivering restitution to harmed investors

Partisan split emerges over question of providing agencies more reach-back on fines

Finra arbitrators order Schwab to pay $347,000 to RIA owner for allegedly helping competitor
NEWS RIAS AUG 06, 2019
Finra arbitrators order Schwab to pay $347,000 to RIA owner for allegedly helping competitor

Owner of Laguna Financial Group says Schwab violated own conflicts policy for RIAs on platform

Advisers resist SECURE Act provision to limit inherited IRAs
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 02, 2019
Advisers resist SECURE Act provision to limit inherited IRAs

Provision would pay for other aspects of retirement-savings bill.

Former United Capital employee sues firm for racial discrimination
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 01, 2019
Former United Capital employee sues firm for racial discrimination

Tracey Chung says supervisor publicly humiliated her because of her Asian descent.

CFP Board's effort to strengthen enforcement could sharpen teeth of fiduciary duty
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 31, 2019
CFP Board's effort to strengthen enforcement could sharpen teeth of fiduciary duty

But overall effectiveness of new advice standard still likely to depend largely on honor system.

CFP Board checks certificants against Finra, SEC databases in wake of WSJ analysis
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 30, 2019
CFP Board checks certificants against Finra, SEC databases in wake of WSJ analysis

Organization says it will no longer rely on self-reporting of disciplinary backgrounds and is creating a task force to reform its enforcement practices.

DOL rule enables small businesses to offer retirement plans through trade associations
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 29, 2019
DOL rule enables small businesses to offer retirement plans through trade associations

While the measure was praised by people in the retirement-savings sector, its release spurred a renewed push for passage of the SECURE Act.

CFP Board omits thousands of regulatory, criminal problems of its certificants on consumer site: WSJ
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 29, 2019
CFP Board omits thousands of regulatory, criminal problems of its certificants on consumer site: WSJ

Board to react Tuesday to article analyzing 72,000 CFP profiles on LetsMakeAPlan.org.