Articles tagged "SEC"
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The story of FINRA's implacable drift from its founding ideals to a pallid 'no-lying baseline'
In Part 2 of a four-part series, our one-man think tank narrates the back story of today's fiduciary standoff, getting to the root of the 'insidious conflicts' that made the terms 'broker' and 'trustee' oxymoronic
July 9, 2013 at 4:04 AM
Top RIA lawyer explains to the SEC why 'harmony' is a harsh misnomer and why the price of its false spin is paid by investors
MarketCounsel chief pleads for the regulator to draw a bright line between 'patently disparate and distinct' sales and advice models or risk a watered-down fiduciary standard
July 5, 2013 at 10:51 PM
An advisor fee bill hits Congress again, this time gaining qualified support from RIA groups
Rep. Maxine Waters' bill, which would require fees from advisors for the SEC, is unlikely to pass, but groups say it will push off FINRA efforts for now
April 22, 2013 at 5:36 AM
Does Barron's really have a bead on the best financial advisors in America?
The famed Top Advisor Rankings by State is an established and influential ranking but its criteria are murky and therefore misleading, according to this veteran who also vets RIAs
March 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM
FINRA is making dog whistle comments hinting its SRO ambitions still simmer
'Harmonization' comments by Richard Ketchum make all the talk of the group abandoning its RIA-oversight ambitions seem like bunk
March 18, 2013 at 5:20 AM
RIA loyalists slam the SEC for playing into FINRA's darkest characterizations of haplessness
Is the Securities and Exchange Commission asking for more cash to examine RIAs, getting it, then spending it on other priorities?
March 1, 2013 at 7:05 AM
FINRA's regulatory white flag may be a pause before it plays white knight to SEC's cash-starved damsel
Brian Hamburger, David Tittsworth and Pat Burns see no gain in breathing easy with so many endgame possibilities still in play
February 8, 2013 at 5:26 AM
The SEC needs to clean up its semantics before accusing RIAs of inflating AUM
Advisors stretching for the $100-million mark advisors need to be told what assets to count and which ones are merely hanging out
January 28, 2013 at 4:39 AM
Op-Ed: The fiduciary standard is in worse shape than it was four years ago
The teachable moment of Lehman's collapse seems to have dissipated, and forces of dissimilation are winning the day
January 11, 2013 at 4:41 AM
SEC may tackle RIAs claiming to have 'skin in the game'
Heed the cautionary tale of the recent $1.6 million settlement against an RIA and its affiliated B-D that falsely claimed they co-invested in a fund
December 28, 2012 at 2:30 AM
Analysis: Beware of a FINRA bearing gifts for RIAs
The broker regulator takes another step towards ruling RIAs by making its arbitration process open to them
December 7, 2012 at 4:52 AM
With SEC coming down hard, TV and radio star RIA principal in San Diego makes his case to listeners
The commission says Ray Lucia back-testing is questionable but some high-profile defenders take his side
September 19, 2012 at 4:28 AM
Before taking a self-imposed vow of silence, Ron Rhoades sounds off on the RIA industry and tells what's it's like to hit a professional wall
The outspoken NAPFA chairman-who-wasn't covers why the Bachus bill will rise again, the true fix for RIA exams and why the term 'fee-based' is inherently 'fraudulent'
August 27, 2012 at 3:33 AM
Why Bachus' SRO-that-must-not-be-named would prove a tyrant to RIAs
The author says that as a private corporation endowed with governmental powers, FINRA is unsafe at any speed
August 24, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Amazed and confused: Advisors struggle to make sense of Bachus' Wall Street Journal Op-Ed salvo
House panel chief dives back into the oversight fray, but confusion persists over timing, intentions
