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Regulators' alert on robo-advice puts advisers on notice

Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. together issued an alert to investors to be wary of automated online investment platforms, putting advisers on notice that the Wild West of robo-advice is not going unnoticed.

How partisan politics have poisoned the SEC

Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: For much of its 81-year existence, theSecurities and Exchange Commission has quietly toiled away on rules that could make only a securities lawyer's heart race. If there were disagreements among its five voting members, they were usually ironed out behind the scenes, well before a vote was taken.

Ketchum tells lawmakers CARDS is on hold, not dead

Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Finra chairman and chief executive Richard Ketchum told lawmakers on Friday that its controversial massive data-collection program is on hold while the regulator studies whether it would make brokerage information vulnerable to hackers. The CEO, however, did not suggest the proposal is dead.

Is the DOL's New Proposal Really a New Broker Standard

Added on April 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: As I painfully make my way through the long document that comprises the Department of Labor’s much anticipated (or dreaded) proposed rule changes for brokers that work with clients who have IRAs, the sentence that keeps running through my mind is: “We’ve been had.”

When Teams Split, Who Gets the Clients?

Added on April 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: When HighTower recently landed the head of a team overseeing $500 million in client assets at Oppenheimer, the move illustrated a nagging problem when groups split: Who gets the clients after a divorce?

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