Regulation And Legislation

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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 30, 2018
JPMorgan $8 billion loss to widow faces massive reduction

Plaintiffs concede jury awarded too much money in estate fight.

Retirement-savings bill draws broad support, optimism for passage this year
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 30, 2018
Retirement-savings bill draws broad support, optimism for passage this year

Industry groups and investor advocates alike seek enactment of the measure that increases workplace plans, eases annuity inclusion.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 30, 2018
Barred financial planner, pastor busted for selling bogus bonds to elderly

Gregory Smith and Kirbyjon Caldwell face criminal and civil charges

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 29, 2018
What does the new CFP standard mean for a CFP at a wirehouse?

The revised fiduciary standard will make it simpler to answer the increasingly common client question, 'Are you a fiduciary?'

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 29, 2018
Arbitrators award client of former adviser $875,000

Clyde Mick Jones accused of breach of fiduciary duty, violating state law.

CFP Board expands fiduciary duty for financial advisers
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 29, 2018
CFP Board expands fiduciary duty for financial advisers

New rule, effective in 2019, requires best-interest standard in all aspects of financial advice.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 29, 2018
Finra bars former Morgan Stanley broker who sought client loan for outside activities

Broker-dealer regulator previously suspended David Warren Olson for promissory note default.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 28, 2018
Finra arbitrators award $475,000 to Morgan Stanley for broker who violated protocol

Kevin Michael Clouse left the wirehouse in February 2017, months before the firm pulled out of the protocol agreement.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 28, 2018
Aegis Capital fined $1.3 million for failing to red flag overseas penny stock trades

Firm admitted it failed to file 'suspicious activity reports' on numerous suspicious transactions, the SEC says.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2018
Finra bars no-show former broker fired over fund sales

Lawrence Fawcett Jr. had consented to making unsuitable recommendations.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2018
Finra bars former Morgan Stanley adviser over hearing no-show

Regulator was investigating Matthew Singer's options recommendations.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2018
Finra bars former rep who provided 'inaccurate auto-loan information'

Cody Rock resigned from State Farm in September.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2018
DOL fiduciary rule death meets 'Back to the Future' is a must-watch

5th Circuit decision may lead to three tiers of client protection.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2018
Finra panel awards firm $780,424 against broker to repay legal costs

The question now becomes whether Alliance Affiliated Equities Corp. will be able to collect the arbitration award, a problem investors often face.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2018
SEC blasts Wedbush for ongoing failure to supervise

Agency says firm failed to take action against pump-and-dump fraud.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2018
Key lawmaker sees disclosure as most important part of investment-advice standard

Rep. Bill Huizenga, chair of House financial subcommittee, casts doubt on 'systemic problem.'

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 26, 2018
Gannett 401(k) participant sues over stock holdings in former parent company

Complaint alleges the decline in the stock cost plan participants an estimated $135 million.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 26, 2018
Finra bars no-show broker discharged for unauthorized trading

LPL terminated registration of Sanders Spangler for violating company policy.

NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAR 26, 2018
DOL fiduciary rule lawsuit withdrawn by fixed annuities group in DC federal court

National Association of Fixed Annuities puts focus on 5th Circuit Appeals decision to kill regulation.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 26, 2018
Bank of America $42 million fine renews push for more info on where orders go

Its routing of customer orders to electronic traders triggered $42 million fine from New York state.