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 BROKER DEALERS JUL 15, 2014
Edward Jones sponsors college-credit course to prep students for Series 7 exam

Course will be offered to financial and nonfinancial majors to offer them a taste of the advice profession.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2014
SEC investor advocate calls on Congress to fund more exams

Urges members of Congress to support charging user fees to advisers for exams

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 15, 2014
Senate subcommittee gives SEC full funding request

Action contrasts with House panel vote last week, which gave agency $300 million less

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 14, 2014
CFP Board moves to strengthen academic underpinning of planning profession

Group plans a business school-based doctoral program and a journal, and is considering a research facility.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 14, 2014
Advisers wary of becoming private-offering gatekeepers

An idea being floated by the Securities and Exchange Commission that would make financial advisers gatekeepers for private placements is getting a cold reception.

NEWS RIAS JUL 13, 2014
Tittsworth exits IAA after waging battles on behalf of investment advisers

After 18 years, David Tittsworth is leaving the Investment Adviser Association, a group he led during a period of expanding regulation.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 13, 2014
Congress set to pass bill giving SEC a budget boost, leaving DOL fiduciary rule alone

The bill preventing a government shutdown includes SEC funding hike and allowance to cut pensions. Left out is language that would have killed the DOL's fiduciary rule.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 13, 2014
SIFMA plans to step up opposition to DOL fiduciary-duty rule

Wall Street resistance has helped slow down a pending Department of Labor rule to strengthen standards for advisers to retirement plans. With a re-proposal slated for January, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is urging more of its firms to contact Congress to oppose the measure.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 11, 2014
Congress poised to pass tax-extender extender, extending advisers' frustration

House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would extend retroactively for one year an assortment of individual and business tax breaks.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 11, 2014
Popular tax breaks will get renewed this year, GOP says

Republican lawmakers see tax-extender approval going through before the end of 2014, keeping tax breaks favored by clients in place.