The passage of legislation to allow the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to collect user fees to fund advisor exams in the current political environment is “very unlikely,” Tom Selman, executive vice president of regulatory policy at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), said Monday.
Speaking at the Insured Retirement Institute’s (IRI) government, legal and regulatory conference in Washington, Selman said that contrary to popular belief, the advisory and brokerage industries are not in “horrible disagreement” on whether advisors need to be examined more frequently. “The only area of disagreement [between the two industries] is how you go about it,” he said.