Category: FINRA Rule Changes
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FINRA Warns Firms to Finalize Forms U4 and U5 Today! SEC Withdraws Proxy Voting Letters, GIPS Proposes Changes, and SEC Targets Advisers for Misleading Investors, Advertising Missteps, and Violations of Reg. S-ID: Regulatory Update for October 2018
SEC withdraws Prior Guidance on Proxy Voting Firm Independence. The SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued an Information Update officially withdrawing two no-action letters on proxy voting issued back in…
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FINRA Updates Registration Rules, NFA Writes Disclosures for Virtual Currencies and SEC Stays Busy with Actions against RIAs: Regulatory Update for September 2018
SEC Goes Ahead with Administrative Proceedings: With little fanfare, the SEC issued an order to terminate its previous stay on pending administrative proceedings before its Administrative Law Judges (“ALJ”) on…
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SEC Hits Pause Button for ALJs; Updates on Custody Rule; SEC Director Discusses What Makes Cryptocurrency a Security; Mutual Funds Allowed to Save Trees: Regulatory Update for July 2018
SEC Stops All In-House Cases after Defeat in Supreme Court: The SEC enforcement division suffered a blow when the U.S. Supreme Court held that the process for hiring SEC’s administrative…
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SEC Answers Questions on Share Class Initiative, Creates Mock ICO; DOL Agrees to Continue Non-Enforcement Policy, and FINRA Helps BDs with Tips on Heightened Supervision: Regulatory Update June 2018
SEC issues FAQs on Share Class Disclosure Initiative: I meant what I said and I said what I meant: Back on February 12, 2018, the SEC Division of Enforcement announced…
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SEC Offers Amnesty, Outreach and Exam Priorities, FinCEN CDD Deadline Looms and FINRA Posts FAQs on Exploitation of Seniors: Regulatory Update March 2018
SEC Enforcement Division Offers “Favorable Settlement Terms” to Advisers that Self-Report Failure to Disclose Receipt of Rule 12b-1 Fees: In a rare move, the SEC is offering to forego fines…
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Regulatory Update November 2017
SEC Addresses Impact of MiFID II with Three No-Action Letters: The SEC has issued three no-action letters to help market participants comply with the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments…
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Regulatory Update for October 2017
Risk Alert: The Most Frequent Advertising Rule Compliance Issues Identified in OCIE Examinations of Investment Advisers: The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) shared its list of “Most Frequent…
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Regulatory Update for September 2017
Fiduciary Rule Delayed — yet again — until July 1, 2019. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) moved at lightning speed (for a governmental entity) in approving a proposal…
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Regulatory Update July 2017
Updates to Form ADV FAQs: SEC’s Division of Investment Management announced updates to its FAQs on Form ADV and IARD in its latest Information Update dated June 2017. Here’s a…
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Regulatory Update May 2017
FINRA Provides Regulatory Support to Firms When Addressing Financial Exploitation of Specified Adults: Effective February 5, 2018, new FINRA Rule 2165 will allow firms to exercise discretion in placing a…