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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Connecting with clients requires advisors to show their own vulnerability
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 19, 2023
Connecting with clients requires advisors to show their own vulnerability

'If you crack yourself open, they'll crack themselves open alongside you. It makes the focus of your relationship about the truth,' Lupe Camargo said at the InvestmentNews Women Advisor Summit.

These 2 state regulators are financial markets' first responders when trouble strikes
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 18, 2023
These 2 state regulators are financial markets' first responders when trouble strikes

William Galvin and Joseph Borg find and respond to violations at the ground level, where their constituents are harmed.

Lawmakers to push off Social Security reform until point of political pain
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 18, 2023
Lawmakers to push off Social Security reform until point of political pain

Lawmakers talk about reducing the federal budget, but entitlements are off the table. 'It's not mathematically honest,' Jeff Bush said.

Carson Group's Varghese maintains upbeat outlook on the economy
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 17, 2023
Carson Group's Varghese maintains upbeat outlook on the economy

'This is the definition of a soft landing,' Varghese said about recent employment statistics in remarks at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit.

Slott urges moving money from traditional IRAs and their tax ‘stench’ to Roth IRAs
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 17, 2023
Slott urges moving money from traditional IRAs and their tax ‘stench’ to Roth IRAs

Now's a good time to take the tax hit on transfers out of an individual retirement account because rates are low.

State regulators oppose expungement reform proposal approved by SEC
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 14, 2023
State regulators oppose expungement reform proposal approved by SEC

NASAA says Finra's modifications don't do enough to make it harder for brokers to clear customer disputes from their records.

SEC approves Finra expungement reform proposal
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 13, 2023
SEC approves Finra expungement reform proposal

The measure establishes tighter procedures and a special roster of arbitrators to hear brokers' requests to clear their records of customer disputes.

Tax-loss harvesting produces bumper crop of charitable cash contributions
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 11, 2023
Tax-loss harvesting produces bumper crop of charitable cash contributions

Cash donations represented 40% of allocations to donor-advised funds at Vanguard Charitable in the seven months ended in January, up from 29% in the same period a year earlier.

Client wasn’t lovin’ it:  Wells Fargo loses arbitration case over McDonald’s stock
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2023
Client wasn’t lovin’ it:  Wells Fargo loses arbitration case over McDonald’s stock

Finra arbitrators order the firm and a broker to pay about $500,000 to a former McDonald's franchise owner after an options trading snafu.

CFP Board survey indicates inflation is a concern for 9 in 10 Americans
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 07, 2023
CFP Board survey indicates inflation is a concern for 9 in 10 Americans

Advisors say the results of the poll reflect what they're hearing from their clients these days: Upward pressure on prices is 'a hot topic.'