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 JAN 08, 2013
Ryan departs SIFMA to return to JPMorgan Chase

Kenneth Bentsen named acting president and chief executive

How the budget battle greases the skids for a tax overhaul
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 07, 2013
How the budget battle greases the skids for a tax overhaul

The fiscal-cliff denoument was not pretty. But it may have laid the foundation for broader tax reform in 2013.

NEWS RIAS JAN 06, 2013
More fiscal challenges on the horizon

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2013
Senators to SEC: It's time to open private placements to public

Urge Commission to speed up regulation that will ease regs on Reg D offerings.

Call it the Boehner rally
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 04, 2013
Call it the Boehner rally

House speaker takes big political risk mustering enough cliff votes; market surges

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 01, 2013
Dash toward fiscal cliff defies Capitol Hill's Schoolhouse Rock image

The Senate worked all weekend on proposals to avert the so-called fiscal cliff only to come closer than ever to the precipice by Sunday night. The mad dash to the edge undermines what is known as "regular order," or the Schoolhouse-Rock image of Congress.

Country going over fiscal cliff as House won't pull all-nighter
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 01, 2013
Country going over fiscal cliff as House won't pull all-nighter

Advisers taking Washington's inaction in stride.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 31, 2012
Budget bill sails through House, goes to Obama

All the doomsday predictions proved wrong, as the House late Tuesday evening overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan measure that will resolve the fiscal cliff.

Senate cliff talks hit rocky patch
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 31, 2012
Senate cliff talks hit rocky patch

Republican McConnell senses lack of urgency; Reid says to 'hang loose'.

If deal is struck, Boehner could go over the cliff all by himself
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 30, 2012
If deal is struck, Boehner could go over the cliff all by himself

If John Boehner makes small concessions to seal a last-minute deal with Democrats, it could cement his political legacy. It could also cost him his job as House speaker.