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Summary: Following its latest wave of exams, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations found the results are a decidedly mixed bag when it comes to how firms are working to protect sensitive systems and client information from hackers.
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Summary: The SEC has made no secret it expects advisors and brokers to ramp up their policies and procedures to guard against cyberattacks. Now, after a second wave of examinations focusing on firms' defenses, the commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations has produced a risk alert detailing the do's and don'ts for firms.
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Summary: When meeting with advisers in their offices, I often hear, “The average age of our client base is 67 years old. We know the statistics — 90% of children fire their parent’s adviser. We are scared to death that we will lose the next generation. We need to offer a robo solution because these kids have grown up in the digital age!”
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Summary: Allowing investors to pursue class actions against advisors, broker-dealers and insurance companies under the Labor Department’s controversial fiduciary standard rule is almost certainly the loudest objection voiced by its foes in the industry. Consequently, that critical issue warrants close attention, Skip Schweiss, managing director of advisor advocacy and industry affairs at TD Ameritrade Institutional, tells ThinkAdvisor in an interview.
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Summary: Registered investment advisers will have to provide more client account data and social media information in a revised Securities and Exchange Commission registration form that will go into effect this fall.
