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SEC flooded with comment letters about Bitcoin ETFs
NEWS ALTERNATIVES FEB 22, 2022
SEC flooded with comment letters about Bitcoin ETFs

Hundreds of comments have been published online in the past two weeks, after Grayscale Investments launched a media campaign encouraging the public to weigh in on a Bitcoin ETF.

Business plea to SEC: Too early for Scope 3 disclosures
NEWS ESG FEB 22, 2022
Business plea to SEC: Too early for Scope 3 disclosures

Business groups say they are worried about the potential difficulty of complying with higher standards for climate disclosure.

The confusion over crypto assets
NEWS ALTERNATIVES FEB 21, 2022
The confusion over crypto assets

Clients are demanding access to digital assets. But how — and when — will brokers be able to sell them?

Finra hires outside firm to review arbitrator selection process for vacated award
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2022
Finra hires outside firm to review arbitrator selection process for vacated award

The probe will be conducted by law firm Lowenstein Sandler and headed by Christopher Gerold, former chief of the New Jersey Bureau of Securities and former president of the NASAA.

Client awarded $1.1 million from UBS in arbitration
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 18, 2022
Client awarded $1.1 million from UBS in arbitration

A Mississippi investor had accused the firm of negligence and breach of fiduciary duty related to his investments in UBS' managed accounts.

Massachusetts charges broker-dealer for unsuitable sales of leveraged ETFs
NEWS ETFS FEB 17, 2022
Massachusetts charges broker-dealer for unsuitable sales of leveraged ETFs

Purshe Kaplan Sterling allowed its agents to conduct thousands of transactions involving the complex products as investment adviser reps for another firm.

Crypto, fintech firms build platform to meet money-laundering rule
NEWS ALTERNATIVES FEB 17, 2022
Crypto, fintech firms build platform to meet money-laundering rule

Coinbase Global, Gemini Trust and Robinhood Markets are among the companies working to comply with the Treasury Department's 'travel rule.'

Is Reg BI working? It depends on how you read Finra's report
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 16, 2022
Is Reg BI working? It depends on how you read Finra's report

Now that the broker standard of conduct has been in force for 20 months, the debate over its effectiveness is intensifying.

Morgan Stanley banker faces block-trading probe
NEWS EQUITIES FEB 16, 2022
Morgan Stanley banker faces block-trading probe

The SEC and the Justice Department are looking at how bankers, including those at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, work with hedge funds to carry out stock sales big enough to send prices tumbling.

SEC fines 12 firms total of $292,523 in Form CRS enforcement actions
NEWS RIAS FEB 15, 2022
SEC fines 12 firms total of $292,523 in Form CRS enforcement actions

It's the agency's second round of Form CRS compliance cases. The SEC is encouraging firms to self-report delinquencies.

Ex-broker with career at failed firms gets 7 years for tech scheme
NEWS FINTECH FEB 15, 2022
Ex-broker with career at failed firms gets 7 years for tech scheme

Isaac Grossman hopped from firm to firm over his 13 years in the securities industry, and eventually was permanently barred from acting as a broker by Finra.

Finra arbitrators rule in Credit Suisse’s favor in deferred comp case
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 14, 2022
Finra arbitrators rule in Credit Suisse’s favor in deferred comp case

The win follows several losses for Credit Suisse on similar actions brought by former brokers who say they were denied pay when the firm shut down its U.S. private bank.

Shariah robo-adviser charged, penalized by SEC
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 14, 2022
Shariah robo-adviser charged, penalized by SEC

The robo RIA, Wahed Invest, misled its clients about its proprietary funds, according to the SEC.

Hightower's suit against $39 million RIA described as 'wirehouse 101'
NEWS RIAS FEB 14, 2022
Hightower's suit against $39 million RIA described as 'wirehouse 101'

The $104 billion Chicago-based aggregator is going after a Seattle adviser for taking clients with him when he left a year ago.

BlockFi to pay $100 million to SEC, states
NEWS ALTERNATIVES FEB 14, 2022
BlockFi to pay $100 million to SEC, states

The cryptocurrency platform agreed to settle allegations from the Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities regulators that it sold a crypto lending product that it hadn't registered with the SEC.

DOL seeks public input on protecting retirement savings from climate risks
NEWS ESG FEB 11, 2022
DOL seeks public input on protecting retirement savings from climate risks

The request for information comes as the agency is working on a separate final rule on the use of ESG in retirement accounts. But the SEC's climate efforts are bogged down.

J.P. Morgan loses $1.4 million defamation case to adviser
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 11, 2022
J.P. Morgan loses $1.4 million defamation case to adviser

The former adviser alleged that J.P. Morgan Securities defamed him on the Form U5 it filed when he was discharged in 2017.

SEC bogs down on climate rule, handing White House fresh setback
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 11, 2022
SEC bogs down on climate rule, handing White House fresh setback

At issue is how much environmental data companies can be forced to disclose before regulators put themselves in legal jeopardy.

Lawmakers press Finra about alleged rigging of Wells arbitration
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 10, 2022
Lawmakers press Finra about alleged rigging of Wells arbitration

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., asked how arbitrators were chosen and whether the firm influenced the selection.

SEC cyber rule proposal poses challenges for small advisers
NEWS FINTECH FEB 10, 2022
SEC cyber rule proposal poses challenges for small advisers

Firms will have to beef up their ability to detect, react to and report attacks, which is easier to do if you have an IT department.