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The SEC’s adoption of e-delivery is well overdue

The commission must consider carefully the interests and needs of all investors

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  • News
  • September 25, 2020

Adviser bilked more than $100,000 from investment partnerships: SEC

The regulator is seeking permanent injunctions against Oscar Haynes Morris Jr. and his RIA Lakeside Capital Partners

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  • News
  • September 22, 2020

Trade groups join push for e-delivery of investment documents

SIFMA, Investment Adviser Association, and others, are pushing the SEC to make electronic delivery the default option

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Scalia making hay in his time inside

First he convinced the courts to throw out the fiduciary rule; now he’s crafted a new one as agency chief

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  • News
  • September 17, 2020

Private fund group lobbies to get products in 401(k)s

The Institute for Portfolio Alternatives says lawmakers are receptive to its diversification pitch

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  • September 16, 2020

BlackRock, Schwab, Fidelity press SEC for wider digital delivery of investment documents

Electronic delivery should be the default communication method for investors, according to a letter sent to the agency this month

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  • News
  • September 15, 2020

Obama-era fiduciary rule cut sales of expensive annuities: Study

Even though a federal appeals court vacated the measure in 2018, its impact lives on

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How a Biden win in November reshapes investment advice rules

Democrats scrapping the Trump administration’s reforms hinges on who’s picked to lead the SEC

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Until Reg BI enforcement starts, we’ll have to take brokers’ word it’s working

Or you can rely on state securities regulators to provide data about advice reform

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  • News
  • September 4, 2020

SEC orders advisory firm to pay $356,580 over fee disclosures

Signature Financial Services is the latest adviser to be caught in the regulator's 12b-1 fee dragnet

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  • News
  • September 3, 2020

DOL advice proposal criticized by both sides at hearing

Fiduciary status test draws criticism for creating loopholes, casting net too widely

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  • September 2, 2020

Advisers wary of becoming gatekeepers to private markets

The Investment Adviser Association wants discretionary clients of fiduciaries to be accredited

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  • News
  • September 1, 2020

Massachusetts begins enforcing fiduciary rule despite Reg BI

Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin could take a more aggressive approach toward advice regulation than the SEC

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  • August 26, 2020

SEC expands sophisticated investor pool

Democratic commissioners, other critics say the agency lacks understanding of risks posed by private market

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  • News
  • August 24, 2020

SEC orders firm to pay more than $1 million over 12b-1 fees

Agency charges Burbank, California-based NPB Financial Group with disclosure, best execution failures

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  • August 21, 2020

DOL schedules hearing on investment advice proposal

The session is slated for Sept. 3 following pressure from Democratic lawmakers and investor advocates

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Phony Philly adviser latest snagged for unregistered securities

Dean Vagnozzi sold millions in unregistered securities to clients who weren't wealthy enough to buy them. Why did the SEC take so long to drop the hammer on him?

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  • News
  • August 19, 2020

SEC share-class crackdown could spell the end for 12b-1 fees

The latest case has some experts wondering if any level of disclosure will suffice

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  • News
  • August 17, 2020

Democrats oppose DOL investment advice rules as convention begins

Vice presidential pick Kamala Harris signed a comment letter seeking withdrawal of the measure in August

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  • News
  • August 14, 2020

SEC orders firm to pay for share-class disclosure failures

Fresno, California-based SCF Investment Advisors took 12b-1 fees from mutual funds and revenue sharing from money market funds