Category: Form ADV Disclosure

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SEC Enforcement Report Comes Down Hard on Advisers; Your Chance to Sound Off About the SEC’s Proposed Advertising & Cash Solicitation Rule Changes; Mutual Funds Placed on SEC’s Naughty List; Year-End Reminders: Regulatory Update for December 2019

| by Cari Hopfensperger, Managing Director

SEC Declares Victory for 2019 Despite all Obstacles: Division of Enforcement Publishes Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019. Starting with the usual self-serving statements about the Commission’s success in punishing…

Conflicts of Interest | FINRA Rule Changes | Form ADV Disclosure | Investment Adviser Regulation | Mutual Funds | Regulation Best Interest | Regulatory Deadlines | TRACE

SEC’s Relentless Pursuit of Comp-Related Conflict Disclosures, RIA and BD Annual Renewals Come Due, FINRA Year in Review, New ETF Rule Eliminates Need for Exemptive Orders, Zero Commissions – What’s Next?: Regulatory Update for November 2019

| by Cari Hopfensperger, Managing Director

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: SEC’s FAQs on Conflicts of Interest and Recent Settlements Set Bar Impossibly High for Advisers.  The SEC is going on the offensive, tackling…

Conflicts of Interest | Form ADV | Form ADV Disclosure | Form CRS | Investment Adviser Regulation | Regulation Best Interest | Regulatory Deadlines | SEC Rule changes

SEC Adopts Broker-Dealer Best Interest Standard, Approves Form CRS and Explains Advisers’ Fiduciary Duty; GIPS 2020 Standards Finalized; Epic Ethics Fail by Large Auditing Firm: Regulatory Update for July 2019

| by Jaqueline Hummel, Partner and Managing Director

Time to Roll-Up Your Sleeves and Dive into Regulation Best Interest: There are many great resources out there that summarize the newly adopted Securities Exchange Act Rule 15l-1 (“Regulation BI”). …

DOL Fiduciary Rule | Form ADV Disclosure | MSRB Rules | Municipal Advisors | Regulatory Deadlines

Death Knell for Fiduciary Rule? MSRB Requires Disclosure of Mark-Ups/Mark-Downs and Reminds Municipal Advisors about Customer Complaints: Regulatory Update April 2018

| by Jaqueline Hummel, Partner and Managing Director

Is the Fiduciary Rule Dead? The Department of Labor announced that it will not be enforcing the Fiduciary Rule “pending further review,” after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated…

12b-1 Fees | FINRA Rule Changes | Form ADV Disclosure | Mutual Funds | SEC Examinations | SEC News

SEC Offers Amnesty, Outreach and Exam Priorities, FinCEN CDD Deadline Looms and FINRA Posts FAQs on Exploitation of Seniors: Regulatory Update March 2018

| by Jaqueline Hummel, Partner and Managing Director

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…