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November 10, 2011 at 07:50 AM
The Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment plans to hold a hearing on Nov. 16 to explore management and structural reforms at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Chris Nagy, managing director of order routing strategy and co-head of government relations at TD Ameritrade, told AdvisorOne on Thursday that the hearing “could go anywhere” in terms of topics discussed—from issues surrounding the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to the efficacy of creating a self-regulatory organization for advisors.
The SEC recently ordered FINRA to change its ways after FINRA provided altered documents requested by the SEC during an inspection at the Kansas City, Mo., office. Nagy, who just returned from a visit to Capitol Hill, said that in his meetings with lawmakers, they questioned whether the SEC is doing its job in overseeing FINRA.
Nagy said that during his visit to Capitol Hill, he also circulated copies of a recent white paper written by Georgetown business professor James Angel, which was supported through a grant by TD Ameritrade, that offered another option in lieu of an SRO for advisors: outsourcing routine advisor exams to external third parties, such as accounting and consulting firms.
