Regulation And Legislation

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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 16, 2018
Finra bars broker it was investigating for fraud

Steven Pagartanis, a hearing no-show, had been discharged by Lombard Securities.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 14, 2018
Beware: Regulators won't take excuses for reverse-churning

Exam priorities and lawsuits are zeroing in on account switching.

By crain-api
Deutsche Bank rep fined $5,000 for role in outside medical marijuana business
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 13, 2018
Deutsche Bank rep fined $5,000 for role in outside medical marijuana business

Finra also suspends Mina Mishrikey for three months

By InvestmentNews
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 13, 2018
Adviser facing 20-year prison sentence settles with SEC

Ponzi-scheme operator Daniel Glick agreed to help recover investor assets from Israel.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 13, 2018
401(k) plan participants sue Home Depot over alleged fiduciary breaches

Lawsuit also names Financial Engines and Alight, both providers of financial advice to the plan.

By Robert Steyer
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 13, 2018
J.P. Morgan, ex-broker move dispute over clients from court to Finra arbitration

Firm had filed a lawsuit against Ryan C. May, alleging he was soliciting old clients in violation of his employment agreement.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 12, 2018
SEC to meet to consider advice-standards proposal

Regulator to meet April 18 to consider three-part plan that includes disclosure document, broker standard, adviser-standard interpretation.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 12, 2018
Fidelity changing the way it charges for financial advice

Firm is moving to fees based on the amount of each customer's assets.

By Bloomberg
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 12, 2018
Sneak peek at new SEC advice standard sparks hope, concern

Investor advocates and industry representatives are both hopeful and concerned after studying overview of proposal slated for release on April 18.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 11, 2018
Maryland attorney general bars unregistered adviser

The scheme involved soliciting the clients of another barred adviser.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 11, 2018
Finra taps former Schwab exec Bari Havlik to replace Susan Axelrod in top cop job

Ms. Havlik will oversee Finra's surveillance and examination programs.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2018
Finra bars former OneAmerica broker for stealing customer's money

Domingo Gonzalez deposited client check into his bank account and spent it.

By Bloomberg
'Best interests' and 'fiduciary' aren't the same, so which will the SEC choose?
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 10, 2018
'Best interests' and 'fiduciary' aren't the same, so which will the SEC choose?

It could become a flash point that goes beyond semantics.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 09, 2018
Finra, looking into trading activity, bars no-show broker

William Brunner had resigned from Investment Planners Inc. last May.

By Bloomberg
NEWS ALTERNATIVES APR 09, 2018
Investment Program Association rebrands itself for Main Street

Group advocating for investments like REITs, BDCs, close-end funds, and energy and equipment leasing programs changes name to Institute for Portfolio Alternatives.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 07, 2018
Like it or not, annuities are coming to retirement plans

Some lawmakers are warming to the notion of using annuities to help solve the nation's retirement crisis

By crain-api
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 06, 2018
SEC orders PNC, Securities America, Geneos to pay $12 million to clients

Firms's advisory arms settle with SEC over breaching fiduciary duty and failing to disclose conflicts.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2018
FPA tries to calm waters made turbulent by New York chapter 'dysfunction'

Concurrent concern brewing over a pilot program being beta-tested through next year, possibly longer.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2018
Former Merrill Lynch execs' lawyer feels good about chances in $1 billion arbitration

Broker-dealer drops effort to stop 60 cases related to steep Merrill stock dive in 2007-08.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2018
Wells Fargo wealth-management used similar incentives to those behind fake-account scandal

US authorities investigating whether unit inappropriately sold clients in-house investments.

By Bloomberg