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.

Mark Schoeff Jr.
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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 11, 2012
NASAA head bashes idea of SRO - in Finra's backyard

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 10, 2012
Romney, Ryan continue to dance around tax plan details

GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, seem determined to avoid talking about details of their tax plan during the fall campaign, creating a vacuum that their opponents are happy to fill with attacks and that retirement-savings advocates can fill with worry. Retirement-savings tax deferrals also could be on the chopping block to pay for the GOP ticket's goal of reducing tax rates across-the-board.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 10, 2012
Bogle, Levitt, Volcker look to get fiduciary rule back on track

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH SEP 09, 2012
Locker steps nimbly into NAPFA's top spot

NEWS RIAS SEP 09, 2012
Fiscal future rides on ballot

At their party conventions, Democrats put the wealthy squarely in the cross hairs for tax hikes, while Republicans promoted tax cuts for all income levels.

Bogle, Volcker look to get fiduciary rule back on track
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 07, 2012
Bogle, Volcker look to get fiduciary rule back on track

Signing declaration supporting universal standard of care

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION SEP 07, 2012
Drip...drip...dr: Slow going on fiduciary duty, adviser oversight

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 02, 2012
Finra fights for U.S. troops

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 29, 2012
B-D auditors overlook accounting lapses

RETIREMENT TAX AUG 27, 2012
'Roadmap' a boon to investors