SEC Sets Out Strategic Plan

Besides strengthening the SEC’s enforcement division, the strategic plan also sets out beefing up investment advisor and broker/dealer oversight. The Commission pointed to its consideration of rules designed to prevent political contributions from influencing the selection of investment advisers to the detriment of public pension plan clients, as well as rules that would provide additional safeguards to investors when an adviser has custody of client assets. The SEC says it will also “consider requiring those who provide investment advice to provide clients and prospective clients with clear, current, and more meaningful disclosure of their business practices, conflicts of interest, and backgrounds.”