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SEC orders RBC to pay $3.9 million over share-class disclosure
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 27, 2020
SEC orders RBC to pay $3.9 million over share-class disclosure

The enforcement action demonstrates the agency's continued targeting of conflicts over fund fees

Oil ETF roils already volatile crude markets
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS APR 27, 2020
Oil ETF roils already volatile crude markets

USO's sale of June WTI futures contracts triggered a big move in the spread between the June and July contracts

Undoing unwanted RMDs
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 25, 2020
Undoing unwanted RMDs

Ed Slott discusses whether clients who already took required minimum distributions this year can put that money back in light of the CARES Act

For charitable givers, CARES Act offers big tax breaks
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 24, 2020
For charitable givers, CARES Act offers big tax breaks

The coronavirus recovery bill allows for the full deduction of your donation up to your adjusted gross income

Court orders Aequitas to disgorge $453 million in fraud case
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 24, 2020
Court orders Aequitas to disgorge $453 million in fraud case

CEO Robert Jesenik and other firm executives were barred and penalized

Texas judge shuts sham state securities regulator
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 24, 2020
Texas judge shuts sham state securities regulator

The website tried to steal information by claiming to protect investors

House overwhelmingly passes aid bill
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 24, 2020
House overwhelmingly passes aid bill

President Trump is scheduled to sign the $484 billion coronavirus stimulus package Friday

Finra proposes one-stop shopping for background checks on advisers
NEWS RIAS APR 23, 2020
Finra proposes one-stop shopping for background checks on advisers

Under its proposed rule, BrokerCheck and the SEC's database would display the same information on dual registrants

Bid to let states go bankrupt quickly nixed a decade ago
NEWS FIXED INCOME APR 23, 2020
Bid to let states go bankrupt quickly nixed a decade ago

Mitch McConnell's comment came as Congress considers extending aid to cities and states that are seeing tax revenue disappear as wide swaths of the economy are shut down

Dispelling CARES Act confusion
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2020
Dispelling CARES Act confusion

Ed Slott clears up questions about how the CARES Act will affect required minimum distributions

Another broker sues Ohio National over VA commissions
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES APR 23, 2020
Another broker sues Ohio National over VA commissions

Somerset Securities recently filed a case against the insurer over its 2018 decision to halt trail commissions on certain variable annuity contracts

The CARES Act: Relief for retirement plan participants
NEWS OPINION APR 22, 2020
The CARES Act: Relief for retirement plan participants

Plan sponsors will need to amend their plans to cover the CARES Act changes that they decide to implement

Advisers should look before leaping into stimulus debt programs
NEWS OPINION APR 22, 2020
Advisers should look before leaping into stimulus debt programs

Unless it's a matter of business survival, the strings attached to the loans might prove even more costly

SEC settles fraud charges against Ponzi-scheme participant
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 22, 2020
SEC settles fraud charges against Ponzi-scheme participant

Former adviser Barry Bekkedam will pay a $100,000 fine plus interest

Advisers want CFP continuing education to count toward state requirements
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 22, 2020
Advisers want CFP continuing education to count toward state requirements

NASAA model rule would require IARs to complete CE to close the regulatory gap with brokers

No free lunch (not even for Tom Hanks) on IRA distributions
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 21, 2020
No free lunch (not even for Tom Hanks) on IRA distributions

Ed Slott separates fact from fiction about how the CARES Act will affect clients’ retirement savings

Barred adviser gets prison time for GIC Ponzi scheme
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 21, 2020
Barred adviser gets prison time for GIC Ponzi scheme

Lester Burroughs allegedly misappropriated more than $500,000 from clients' accounts

Putnam, Emory University settle ERISA lawsuits
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 21, 2020
Putnam, Emory University settle ERISA lawsuits

The investment firm will pay $12.5 million to put a 2015 case behind it, court records show

SEC penalizes Boston RIA $1 million over private fund marketing
NEWS RIAS APR 20, 2020
SEC penalizes Boston RIA $1 million over private fund marketing

Regulator says Old Ironsides distributed materials with misleading information

Finra postpones arbitrations through July 3
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 20, 2020
Finra postpones arbitrations through July 3

Postponement fees will be waived for hearings scheduled from July 6 through Sept. 4