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 REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 08, 2017
Opponents of DOL fiduciary rule want SEC to modify suitability standard

ICI chief executive Paul Schott Stevens is the latest to telegraph the route the financial industry wants the agency to take.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 05, 2017
ICI head casts doubt on further delay of DOL fiduciary rule

Paul Schott Stevens says prospects for a delay are 'uncertain' and that the rule 'is already causing great harm.'

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 04, 2017
Finra board to consider crackdown on high-risk brokers, unpaid arbitration awards

The group also will mull amendments to arbitration procedures.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 03, 2017
House Democrats try to protect DOL fiduciary rule from repeal in Dodd-Frank overhaul bill

More than two hours of debate brings up old arguments from both Democrats and Republicans over whether rule will help or hurt the middle class.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 02, 2017
House approves bill to lift restrictions on brokers' ETF research reports

A similar measure is awaiting action on the Senate floor, where it is expected to pass.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 02, 2017
House GOP tells Acosta to delay — then repeal — DOL fiduciary

More than 100 House Republicans wrote a letter to the new DOL secretary, telling him there is an "urgent need' to act on the investment-advice regulation.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 02, 2017
After his confirmation as SEC chairman, Jay Clayton is urged to tackle fiduciary standard

Financial services groups urge new SEC head to make uniform fiduciary standard a priority.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 01, 2017
Provision to kill DOL fiduciary rule left out of funding bill

Democratic support could bode well for future legislative threats, as critics of the rule turn their attention to new Department of Labor secretary Alexander Acosta.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 28, 2017
The SEC would have to jump through hoops to get approval for its own fiduciary rule

The proposed Financial CHOICE Act lays out a series of tough provisions the SEC would have to meet to adopt a uniform fiduciary standard.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 27, 2017
Trump's first 100 days a disappointment to financial advisers

InvestmentNews survey shows that more than half disapprove of his job performance.