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SEC's Withdrawal Of 'No-Action' Letter Confuses Industry
By Norse N. BlazzardIn the early days of variable annuities (the late 1970s and early 1980s), nontraditional salespeople began selling products previously thought to be in the exclusive ...
July 14, 2006
Company Settles Preferred Fund Program CaseThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accepted a sanctions proposal from the broker-dealer arm of a large insurance holding company.The broker-dealer, IFMG Securities Inc., ...
July 13, 2006
Agenda Set for D.C. Seniors SummitNASD fraud study to be unveiled at July 17 gathering
July 12, 2006
NAMIC Hopes For SOX ReliefThe National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is welcoming a move by federal regulators to review the topic of internal controls reporting requirements for smaller ...
July 01, 2006
GROUP THINKStarting July 1, NAPFA will launch its "Focus on Fiduciary" campaign, a consumer education program that is being supported by the NAPFA Consumer Education Foundation,...
July 01, 2006
Passing MusterIn this, my initial column, I will begin to address compliance and practice protection-related issues important to both SEC and state registered investment advisors. My...
June 05, 2006
Fine, Suspension in Four-Year-Old Trading CaseRUMSON, N.J. (HedgeWorld.com)--The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said May 31 that it had settled charges that a New Jersey broker-dealer representative had failed to supervise an employee involved in a penny-stock pump-up scheme in mid-2002. Without admitting or denying wrongdoing, Robert W. Oakes Jr. of Rumson, N.J. agreed to...
June 01, 2006
News & ProductsBaby boomers and seniors--don't confuse the two. By today's standards, boomers are middle aged, and they're not ready to think about retirement, nor are they...