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Advisor Charged With Fraud for Investing Client Money in Turkish Scam
By Jeff BermanThe advisor told clients that a woman in Turkey would let him manage a multimillion-dollar estate if he sent her money for legal fees, the SEC said.
August 09, 2019
SEC Lets Symetra Put Insurance-Style Financial Statements in Annuity FilingsThe new letter ruling continues an SEC shift that could make annuities cheaper for issuers to administer.
August 09, 2019
The SEC Investment Adviser Standard of Conduct: A BreakdownThis is the second in a series of columns summarizing the SEC's new conduct standards.
July 31, 2019
Wall Street's Top Watchdog Seeks Help to Muzzle a Mystery TrollThe reputation consultant's duties will include monitoring content about the SEC's vaunted enforcement division on the web and removing anything that's "false or harmful."
July 24, 2019
RIAs Fail to Vet, Disclose Advisors' Discipline History: SECA new risk alert reveals findings of 50 exams conducted of RIAs employing people with a history of disciplinary events.
July 19, 2019
Reg BI Footnote Justifies Pausing SEC Share Class Disclosure InitiativeFootnote 60 reveals an agency that is seeking to paper the record after failing to make its expectations clear around 12b-1 fees.
July 18, 2019
Trump to Nominate Eugene Scalia as New Labor SecretaryGibson Dunn attorney Scalia, son of deceased Justice Antonin Scalia, argued against Labor's fiduciary rule last year.
July 17, 2019
Will Acting Labor Secretary Pizzella Greenlight a Fiduciary Rule?A rule release by Labor now hinges on "how much authority is Pizzella going to feel that he has," said Joshua Lichtenstein, partner at Ropes & Gray.