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SEC might require more disclosure about SMAs and social media

Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday unanimously proposed a rule that would require investment advisers to disclose more information about their use of separately managed accounts and their social media activities.

Forget Fiduciary: Real Battle Coming Over Harmonization

Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summarry: In a wide-ranging session at the Envestnet Advisor Summit in Chicago on April 8, MarketCounsel’s founder and CEO Brian Hamburger addressed many of the big regulatory and compliance issues facing advisors, and that one of the main issues is the regulators themselves.

Regulators' alert on robo-advice puts advisers on notice

Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. together issued an alert to investors to be wary of automated online investment platforms, putting advisers on notice that the Wild West of robo-advice is not going unnoticed.

How partisan politics have poisoned the SEC

Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: For much of its 81-year existence, theSecurities and Exchange Commission has quietly toiled away on rules that could make only a securities lawyer's heart race. If there were disagreements among its five voting members, they were usually ironed out behind the scenes, well before a vote was taken.

Ketchum tells lawmakers CARDS is on hold, not dead

Added on May 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Finra chairman and chief executive Richard Ketchum told lawmakers on Friday that its controversial massive data-collection program is on hold while the regulator studies whether it would make brokerage information vulnerable to hackers. The CEO, however, did not suggest the proposal is dead.

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