Regulation And Legislation

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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 25, 2013
Advisers back delay in health care law

Extra time needed to iron out complexities, prepare for coverage mandate.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 25, 2013
Finra panel sets $18.5 million award against defunct B-D

Action related to Provident Royalties, found to be a Ponzi scheme.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 24, 2013
SocSec spousal eligibility grows

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 24, 2013
Consumer advocate gives SEC's final Reg D proposal an 'F'

Roper says rule fails to protect retail investors from potential scams; 'no credibility left'

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 23, 2013
Banned

Finra barred a broker over allegations that he stole $4.2 million from two clients, one of whom Finra says suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 23, 2013
New SEC chief kicks agency into high gear

Advancing on money market reform with unanimous commission gets praise.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 18, 2013
Check clients' IRA agreements

Spoiler spoiler: Financial advisers must ensure that clients' IRA accounts will be shielded from bankruptcy court dunners.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 18, 2013
Finra's financial woes no recipe for viability

SRO recorded substantial losses in 2012

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 18, 2013
Finra turns a profit, helped by investments, fee increases

A strong investment portfolio helped Finra turn a profit last year but operationally, the SRO remained in the deep in the red. Dan Jamieson reports.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 16, 2013
White: SEC's No. 1 priority is more adviser examinations

Chairman says agency is neutral on how to fund exam expansion.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 16, 2013
Waters set to reintroduce SEC user fee bill

Says agency needs funds to boost oversight of advisers; first attempt died in '12.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 14, 2013
'Follow the Money' radio host gets 20 years in prison

Kiley sentenced to long jail term for part in $194M Ponzi scheme

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 11, 2013
Can estate tax legislation make it on its own?

Most observers doubt Congress can accomplish comprehensive tax reform before the end of 2014. But can the code be tweaked short of an overhaul? Supporters of a measure to abolish the estate tax hope so.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 09, 2013
Most SEC-registered advisers not subject to surprise exams

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 09, 2013
Ray Lucia, firm fined buckets of money over investment claims

Radio host Ray Lucia for years asserted that he thoroughly tested his investment strategy. A judge this week ruled otherwise, ordering Lucia and his firm to pay hefty fines for making the claim.

NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 08, 2013
Finra gets OK to share more info about reps' disciplinary records

Finra has gotten the go-ahead to issue a monthly letter divulging complaints against reps. Not surprisingly, this doesn't sit well with some brokers.

NEWS EQUITIES JUL 06, 2013
The Takeaway: Five investing lessons of 2013 ... so far

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 03, 2013
No fiduciary rule better than bad one, NAPFA official says

Industry group is wary of the SEC's information-seeking request

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 03, 2013
Mary Jo White's past and the future of the SEC

A hard look at agency's likely new chairman

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 02, 2013
Finra drops new supervisory rules