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  • July 11, 2018

Investors wait for financial statements from leading seller of alternative investments

GPB, which offers private placements, also cut the distribution rate on one of its funds

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  • July 11, 2018

House panel approves bills to adjust regulations for small RIAs, protect senior investors

Legislation heads to floor as part of bipartisan package designed to modernize regulation.

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SEC censures, fines advisers for Yelp endorsements

Three advisers paid marketing consultant to solicit clients for online testimonials.

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  • News
  • July 11, 2018

Trump gives federal agencies power to hire in-house judges

Administration seeks to head off turmoil resulting from Supreme Court's recent decision on administrative law judges.

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  • July 10, 2018

House introduces bill targeting elder financial abuse

Legislation would establish a task force to examine challenges facing senior investors and recommend regulatory, statutory changes.

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh voted to strike down ‘Merrill Rule’

Kavanaugh voted against "Merrill Rule" in 2007 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals case.

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  • July 10, 2018

Bill could ease regulatory burden on small investment advisory firms

Legislation would require SEC to look beyond AUM in determining size, such as to a firm's number of employees, when scaling mandates.

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SEC bars ex-LPL rep over variable annuity sales

Massachusetts ordered Roger Zullo to disgorge $1.9 million in commissions.

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Even after SEC’s additional guidance, custody remains complicated rule for investment advisers

Compliance experts want agency to revisit regulation whose FAQs now run to 17 pages

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Texas REITs to pay $8.2 million for misleading investors

SEC alleges money from newer UDF fund was being used to pay distributions to investors in older fund.

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Credit Suisse to pay $77M to settle bribery probes

Lender's Hong Kong unit attempted to win banking business by offering jobs to sons and daughters of Chinese officials.

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Better Markets blasts Finra’s proposal to strengthen supervision of high-risk brokers as too weak

Financial reform group calls on regulator to make more fundamental changes.

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SEC charges Virginia firm with $5 million Ponzi scheme

Edward Lee Moody and CM Capital Management are charged with defrauding 60 investors.

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SEC censures, bars and penalizes RIA for misappropriation of more than $121,000

The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that Bruce Hauptman misappropriated the money from a fund he managed.

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Charles Schwab says it settled SEC suit on reporting failures

Suit says Schwab's adviser services division failed to file suspicious activity reports in 2012-13.

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  • June 29, 2018

Alexander Capital, censured by SEC, will pay $411,000 for failure to supervise

Regulator says firm ignored churning by three reps who have been charged with fraud

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Piwowar: Comments will be critical in shaping SEC advice rule

Departing commissioner doesn't foresee final vote on proposal until 2019.

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When it comes to the proposed SEC advice rule, words matter

The rule would create a second, non-fiduciary version of the term 'best interest.'

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  • June 29, 2018

Morgan Stanley to pay $3.6 million penalty for failure to supervise adviser

SEC says firm did not have policies and procedures in place to prevent misuse of funds

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Organizations launch campaign to get investment advisers to comment on SEC advice rule

Promotional flyer depicts the 'intimate relationship' advisers have with clients