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Ameriprise unit to pay $5 million to settle SEC charges over VA sales
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 25, 2022
Ameriprise unit to pay $5 million to settle SEC charges over VA sales

The firm's staff encouraged Ameriprise registered reps to offer clients the chance to swap their current variable annuity for a more expensive one.

SEC charges TradeZero America with deceiving customers
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 25, 2022
SEC charges TradeZero America with deceiving customers

Co-founder Daniel Pipitone allegedly fibbed about allowing purchases of meme stocks.

Crypto libertarians are learning the reason for regulations
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 24, 2022
Crypto libertarians are learning the reason for regulations

As digital assets sell off, some crypto industry leaders are realizing that government rules aren't such an evil thing after all.

Expungement reform advocates taken by surprise as Finra revises proposal
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 24, 2022
Expungement reform advocates taken by surprise as Finra revises proposal

The Finra board announced that it had approved sending a reworked rule to the SEC but it provided no details on substance or timing.

Barred adviser pleads guilty to fraud involving private stock
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 24, 2022
Barred adviser pleads guilty to fraud involving private stock

Wisconsin-based Michael F. Shillin, who worked as a broker for nine years, has 46 disclosures on his BrokerCheck report.

Court orders Maryland company to restore $148,000 to 401(k) plan
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 24, 2022
Court orders Maryland company to restore $148,000 to 401(k) plan

Department of Labor investigation found employer failed to forward employees’ contributions.

Fiduciary-only advice rule would harm investors, ACLI warns
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 23, 2022
Fiduciary-only advice rule would harm investors, ACLI warns

As the DOL prepares another rule related to fiduciaries, an insurance trade association says access to commission-based advisers is at stake, while an investor advocate criticizes the trade group's poll.

SEC orders BNY Mellon to pay $1.5 million for overpromising on ESG
NEWS ESG MAY 23, 2022
SEC orders BNY Mellon to pay $1.5 million for overpromising on ESG

The firm's BNY Investment Adviser subsidiary did not perform ESG quality reviews of investments in mutual funds that it touted as using such strategies.

Lead broker-dealer seller of GWG bonds reports potential trouble
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 23, 2022
Lead broker-dealer seller of GWG bonds reports potential trouble

In its annual audited financial statement, Emerson Equity reported that problems related to an unnamed offering potentially could harm the firm.

SEC orders First Republic to pay $1.8 million over conflicts
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2022
SEC orders First Republic to pay $1.8 million over conflicts

The agency says the RIA unit, which breached fiduciary duty over compensation from an affiliate, consented to a cease-and-desist order and a censure.

SEC orders Wells Fargo to pay $7 million for anti-money-laundering failures
NEWS WIREHOUSES MAY 20, 2022
SEC orders Wells Fargo to pay $7 million for anti-money-laundering failures

The firm was more than five months late on average in filing suspicious activity reports involving wire transfers to and from foreign countries suspected of terrorism financing and other illegal money movements.

DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2022
DOL continues to have qualms about Fidelity’s crypto 401(k) product

DOL acting assistant secretary Ali Khawar isn't reassured by the consumer safeguards included in Fidelity's Bitcoin offering for retirement plans.

Court ruling darkens constitutional cloud hanging over SEC judges
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2022
Court ruling darkens constitutional cloud hanging over SEC judges

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said the agency's house of in-house judges violated a hedge fund manager's constitutional right to a jury trial.

Consumer groups call for SEC probe of RIAs' use of mandatory arbitration
NEWS RIAS MAY 18, 2022
Consumer groups call for SEC probe of RIAs' use of mandatory arbitration

RIAs aren't adequately disclosing arbitration clauses in client contracts and are forcing clients into expensive dispute forums, the groups said.

Big GPB fund reports — finally — and posts revenue and income growth
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 18, 2022
Big GPB fund reports — finally — and posts revenue and income growth

After the partnership missed its deadline to file audited financial statements in 2018 for its two largest private funds, the entire GPB enterprise struggled.

SEC pries into over 100 traders', bankers' phones in texting probe
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 18, 2022
SEC pries into over 100 traders', bankers' phones in texting probe

The agency has been sending firms lists of key positions including heads of certain investment banking teams or trading desks.

Allianz to sell US fund management unit to Voya after SEC ban
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 17, 2022
Allianz to sell US fund management unit to Voya after SEC ban

Voya Investment Management will add about $120 billion of assets under management as well as some investment teams.

Smarsh acquires tech to help firms monitor messaging apps
NEWS FINTECH MAY 17, 2022
Smarsh acquires tech to help firms monitor messaging apps

The Telemessage technology, combined with existing services from Smarsh, will assist in the ongoing struggle to monitor private messaging apps used by employees at financial services firms.

Broker-dealers face risks aplenty, regulators warn
NEWS ALTERNATIVES MAY 17, 2022
Broker-dealers face risks aplenty, regulators warn

Firms should be watching out for employees chatting on WhatsApp, as well as brokers in need of heightened supervision and complex products being sold to retail customers.

Allianz unit to plead guilty, pay billions over hedge fund loss
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 17, 2022
Allianz unit to plead guilty, pay billions over hedge fund loss

The agreement calls for the firm to forfeit $463 million and pay $3.2 billion in restitution to victims of the fraud as well as a $2.3 billion penalty.