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Scalia: DOL Fiduciary Rule Will Be Obliterated
By Melanie WaddellAn interview with Eugene Scalia, the former Labor Department solicitor who took on the fiduciary rule.
March 19, 2018
SEC Awards Merrill Whistle-Blowers Record PayoutThree individuals helped agency bring 2016 case, lawyer says; SEC didn't name people involved, citing confidentiality rules.
March 19, 2018
Clayton: SEC Fiduciary Rule on Track Despite DOL Court DefeatAt the SIFMA compliance conference, Jay Clayton told Ken Bentsen that the court ruling on Labor's fiduciary rule "hasn't affected" the SEC's approach to its fiduciary rule-making.
March 16, 2018
SEC Charges Theranos, CEO and Former President With Fraud: EnforcementIn other enforcement actions, an insurance agent is arrested in California in a $1.6 million fraud scheme targeting elderly.
March 15, 2018
SEC Investment Management Heads Talk Form ADV, Custody, Fiduciary RuleThe IM division is exploring whether to issue clarification guidance on a no-action letter on advisor custody it issued last year.
March 15, 2018
SEC Fiduciary Rule Likely to Address Broker, Advisor Titles: Peirce'It's been time for decades' for the SEC to write a fiduciary rule, Republican commissioner Hester Peirce said at the IAA compliance conference.
March 14, 2018
SEC Proposes to Amend Open-End Funds' Liquidity RequirementsUnder the plan, funds would discuss in their annual report the operation and effectiveness of their liquidity risk management program.
March 14, 2018
The Critical Question Regulators Need to Answer About CryptocurrencyThe SEC and CFTC need to determine what makes a crypto token a commodity or a security, lawmakers say.