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 OCT 23, 2011
Politics weighs on economy

When advisers and clients discuss what's happening in Washington, it tends to be an outlet for venting about political gridlock

SEC sets record in crackdown on advisers, B-Ds
NEWS RIAS OCT 21, 2011
SEC sets record in crackdown on advisers, B-Ds

Enforcement actions against advisers up by nearly a third, B-Ds by 60%; 'settlements are not feeble'

Senate confirms SEC nominees
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 21, 2011
Senate confirms SEC nominees

The Senate confirmed two nominees to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, bringing the agency back to full power.

Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley
NEWS RIAS OCT 20, 2011
Market volatility represents opportunity to expand advice business: TD's Bradley

Equity market volatility is creating opportunities for investment advisers to expand their businesses, according to Tom Bradley, president of TD Ameritrade Institutional.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 19, 2011
Industry trade groups flex lobbying muscles

Wall Street getting fed up with Washington's dithering on deficit
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 18, 2011
Wall Street getting fed up with Washington's dithering on deficit

Occupy Wall Street protesters are lashing out against what they see as a financial industry luxuriating in wealth created at the expense of the middle class. Wall Street, however, has its own grievances against Washington, which were on display last week.

NEWS RIAS OCT 18, 2011
Why 'mailbox money' is crucial to retirement

Aging baby boomers represent a historic opportunity to boost the sales of income-generating investment products, according to industry leaders who kicked off the Insured Retirement Institute conference in Boston last Monday

INVESTING FIXED INCOME OCT 18, 2011
Muni bond tax break seen surviving

NEWS RIAS OCT 13, 2011
Ranks of advisers thin out for first time in a decade

Number of RIAs down 1%; the good news: AUM up 13.7%

Missed Dodd-Frank deadlines pile up on eve of anniversary
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 13, 2011
Missed Dodd-Frank deadlines pile up on eve of anniversary