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Arlen Specter: I have long believed that it is insufficient to have fines for fraud. For corporate fraud, you have a fine and it is calculated as part of doing business.
May 7, 2010 at 6:06 AM

David Bellaire: Improving regulatory examination and enforcement for investment advisers and broker-dealers is more complicated than changing the responsible regulator or throwing money at the problem.

Debate continues: Fiduciary standard no panacea

Financial Services Institute advocates for study, deliberate look at investor protection

May 6, 2010 at 6:30 AM

FINRA, SEC and NASSA offer guidance on the suitability standard

The suitability standard, defined

If you've wondered, as we have, exactly what it says, wonder no more

May 5, 2010 at 4:57 AM


Ron Rhoades: When will Congress stand up to Wall Street?

One-Man Think Tank: When Wall Street has investors' 'best interests' at heart, watch out

As Senate is poised to take up reform, Ron Rhoades contends the movement to create a "new" fiduciary standard is a campaign of disinformation

April 27, 2010 at 6:19 AM

House and Senate financial reform bills would shift 4,000 RIAs to state oversight, but the SEC still has questions about states' resources.

Regulatory Wire: Two Senators may take on fiduciary fight, but how hard will the Obama administration push for the standard?

Plus, Doubts about state regulators' resources; a possible reprieve for California RIAs; and Schumer's under pressure on SEC funding

April 16, 2010 at 6:28 AM

Ron Rhoades: The more you make brokers and advisers look the same, the more likely it is that FINRA will end up regulating them all.

What financial advisors can expect from Washington this spring: 8 predictions

Financial reform will move forward, but regulation will move backward

April 5, 2010 at 4:09 AM

Les Abromovitz: When it comes to past perfomance, you are obliged to reveal the bad along with the good.

One excuse the SEC doesn't listen to: I was just following the crowd

Third-party rankings misleading without the context; here's how to give it

March 22, 2010 at 3:58 AM

Kristina Fausti: The legislation adds some consumer protections and oversight of the SEC.

Senate proposal pushes most RIAs one step closer to state regulation

Senate and house bills now both seek to wrest 75% of RIAs away from SEC oversight

March 16, 2010 at 5:08 AM

Sen. Herb Kohl favors disclosure by planners of conflicts of interest and compensation.

Proposal would sweep RIAs, planners, brokers into one huge regulatory pool (Updated)

New board promoting the fiduciary standard would oversee 75,000

March 10, 2010 at 9:46 AM

Ron Rhoades: Arguably, language in the Johnson Amendment provides the SEC with the authority to craft whatever rules it wants to.

Why the New York Times fiduciary article won't deter the special interests

Consumer-protection regulations rarely get stiffer in the legislative process

March 5, 2010 at 6:26 PM

Les Abromovitz: When the SEC takes a stand on social media, it is likely to reach many of the same conclusions

FINRA guidance may help RIAs avoid social media blunders

Even employees' LinkedIn profiles ought to be supervised

February 26, 2010 at 7:49 AM

Elisse Walter: We’ve been making it too hard on ourselves.

SEC's Walter looks for an easier way out on fiduciary question

Johnson amendment gains primacy as jockeying continues on the Hill

February 25, 2010 at 10:56 PM

Washington's attention to financial advice is a major step in its evolution

Part Two: The last advice model standing

Five links on the evolutionary chain toward a profession

February 15, 2010 at 5:55 AM

Les Abromovitz: Regulators are very wary of advertising and marketing efforts aimed at senior investors, including the so-called free-lunch seminars.

SEC’s heightened interest in the older set means advisors should pay heed

Questions of diminished capacity, appropriate investing strategy apply

February 2, 2010 at 5:13 AM

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