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Welcome an auditor with a smile
January 14, 2010 at 6:39 AM

Hovig Melkonian: This is exactly how an auditor wants him: flustered

Elizabeth witnesses a mock audit first hand and feels the advisor's pain

Mock audits are in hot demand because they cut back on regulatory blindsiding

January 13, 2010 at 5:59 AM

Les Abromovitz: Is your web site updated for current economic conditions?

2010 to-do list for RIAs: Get out of the comfort zone, avoid SEC problems

Marketing and compliance resolutions that start with the Internet and end at the gym

January 12, 2010 at 5:31 AM

Mary Schapiro: When investors receive similar services from similar financial service providers, they should be subject to the same standard of conduct

'Unthinkable' progress was made on creating a new regulatory world for advisors in 2009

Change is in the air but upcoming Senate elections complicate prospects for 2010

December 17, 2009 at 3:23 PM

SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar: These rules are a "Madoff fix."

SEC details new "Madoff fix" custody rules

Advisor groups relieved: no surprise audits for RIAs with third-party custodians

December 16, 2009 at 9:43 PM

Andy Hyer: Blogs help promote an advisor’s business without being pushy.

Blogging: The costs and risks of hoarding your thoughts are rising

It's a new way for financial advisors to stay relevant with clients

December 16, 2009 at 4:10 AM

Les Abromovitz: Not surprisingly, advisors' hypothetical case studies have happy endings.

Advertising practices that can raise the hackles of regulators

Photos, staff plaudits and hypotheticals are still testimonials by any other name

November 19, 2009 at 4:05 PM

Martin Kurtz: "The concerns around FINRA is that they've been in the suitability world; we're saying that this is a fiduciary world."

Martin Kurtz, president of Financial Planning Association for 2011, will take pragmatic approach

Electee has concerns about FINRA's historical 'suitability' mindset

November 13, 2009 at 10:52 PM

Zachary Gronich:  Make no mistake, the annual renewals are the most important on-going compliance issue.

The quick and easy route to getting your RIA license suspended

Renewal gauntlet begins next week with a moved-up deadline

November 6, 2009 at 5:05 AM

David Tittworth: "It's pretty bad."

Worst of both worlds looms for RIAs in Washington

Act would gut the authority of SEC over RIAs while doubling its budget

November 4, 2009 at 11:49 PM

Patricia Struck: The states are almost uniformly in a good position to take on more oversight.

The big change RIAs should expect when the SEC punts to the states

Advisors under states see more audits, tougher registration requirements and busybody lawmakers

November 4, 2009 at 4:34 AM

Kristina Fausti is watching for whether fiduciary standard will apply only to personalized investment advice provided to retail investors

SEC one step closer to losing oversight of most RIAs

But will budget-crunched states do a better job?

October 28, 2009 at 4:26 AM

Obama's quest for harmony may create dissonance for RIAs

Eight things necessary to keep RIAs from answering to SIFMA

Multiple strategies needed to counter deficit in numbers

October 15, 2009 at 5:47 AM

Barney Frank on state regulators: “You have been an improvement on the federal regulators.”

Feds happily punt to states on advisor oversight

Move would take 33% of RIAs off of SEC's plate

October 6, 2009 at 9:55 PM

Bruce W. Maisel: Embraced the fiduciary standard on behalf of the American Council of Life Iinsurers

SIFMA's Taft makes anti-suitability comments but the fee crowd is wary

Mercer Bullard says that tiger is showing its stripes

October 6, 2009 at 9:33 PM

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