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FINRA Head Calls For Scrutiny Of "Wealth Event" Sales
By Allison BellFinancial services company supervisors should look carefully at sales involving money that came from an inheritance or a retirement plan cashout, according Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Chairman Richard Ketchum.
May 27, 2010
FINRA Sanctions Citigroup for Supervisory Violations in Misappropriation SchemeMillions were stolen from trusts of cemeteries in Michigan and Tennessee.
May 26, 2010
FINRA Fines Piper Jaffray $700,000 for E-mail InfractionsThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently fined Piper Jaffray & Co. $700,000 for violations related to its failure to retain approximately 4.3 million e-mail messages.
May 26, 2010
FINRA Head Calls For Scrutiny Of "Wealth Event" SalesFinancial services company supervisors should look carefully at sales involving money that came from an inheritance or a retirement plan cashout, according Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Chairman Richard Ketchum.
May 03, 2010
How to comply in a virtual worldHow can you steer clear of a PR nightmare waiting to happen?
May 01, 2010
Social networking: Nirvana or nightmare?While social networking sites are a marketer's dream, they're also rife with potential compliance issues.
May 01, 2010
FINRA pushing for greater broker transparencyBottom line: If advisors have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear from enhanced disclosure requirements.
May 01, 2010
To securitize, or not to securitize: Defending your business from 151AInterested in taking the plunge and becoming securities licensed?