By Joe Mont2015-07-14T16:00:00
A coalition of investor advocacy groups, including Public Citizen, the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, and the PIABA Foundation, is calling upon the SEC to supplement the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s BrokerCheck system for vetting financial professionals with a national disciplinary database and to make improvements to the existing ...
2016-05-02T09:15:00Z By Joe Mont
The SEC’s Consolidated Audit Trail initiative, which will give regulators a means to efficiently track all trades in real time, has moved one giant step closer to reality with a call for public comments. But what will its final form look like? Joe Mont offers a closer look.
2016-02-09T10:30:00Z By Joe Mont
It sounds reasonable enough: hold broker-dealers and investment advisers to a fiduciary standard when they offer investment advice, specifically with retirement plans. Firms, however, fear that pending rules, split between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Labor, are not in sync and unintended consequences will radically alter traditional ...
2025-08-27T19:46:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The SEC has named Margaret “Meg” Ryan, a senior military judge and Harvard Law lecturer, as its next Enforcement Division Director—an unconventional pick that could signal changes in enforcement strategy.
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