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Brokers Better Be Ready for Bitcoin ETFs

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KEY TAKEAWAYS - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the first spot Bitcoin ETFs, also known as an exchange-traded product (ETP.) With the SEC now permitting spot Bitcoin ETFs, brokers must become...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Promoters, Endorsers, and Brokers: Understanding the Rules on Securities and Cryptocurrency Investment Advertising

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Promoting securities, cryptocurrency, and other investment opportunities is fraught with legal risks. Individuals who engage in promotional activities must ensure that they have a clear understanding of the federal laws and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California joins multistate settlement with securities brokerage

On April 6, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) joined a multi-state settlement with a securities brokerage company stemming from an investigation spearheaded by state securities regulators...more

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Through the Issuance of New Rules Aimed at Recidivist Brokers and the Firms That Hire Them, FINRA Loudly Exclaims to its...

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Key Takeaways:  ..After years of warning firms of the need for enhanced diligence in retaining or hiring brokers with a significant history of misconduct, FINRA has adopted new rules to address such brokers. ..As set...more

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SEC Charges EB-5 Brokers For Not Registering

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Multiple firms involved in the solicitation of investment capital for the Immigrant Investor Program (also known as "EB-5") have recently been charged by the SEC with acting as unregistered brokers. Neither In re Ireeco, LLC,...more

Burr & Forman

OCIE Warns on Suitability in Retail Sales of Structured Products

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The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued a recent “Risk Alert” noting observed deficiencies in broker-dealer supervision and compliance controls over retail sales of structured products –...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - February 2015 #4

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FDIC Study Shows Branch Banking Has Staying Power: Has your smartphone displaced your bank? According to an FDIC study released on February 19, traditional brick-and-mortar offices are maintaining their primacy, despite...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - February 2015 #2

Industry Watchdogs Warn Brokers and Advisory Firms on Cybersecurity Threats - Both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority published observations of their review of...more

McCarter & English, LLP

U.S. Brokers Doing Business Overseas

Recently, regulators have made inquiries about the lawfulness of U.S. brokerage firms soliciting foreign clients. The regulators want to know under what exemptions or rules U.S. firms can do business overseas. This is a new...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

FINRA Sanctions a Broker for Violating Japanese Insider Trading Law

On July 2, 2014, FINRA announced that it barred a former equity trader from the securities industry based on its finding that he violated Japanese insider trading law by trading in the securities of a Japanese company listed...more

Goodwin

FINRA Fines Broker-Dealer for Failing to Apply Class A Sales Charge Waivers for Certain Eligible Customers on its Mutual Fund...

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On June 16, 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) accepted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (the “AWC”) from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the “Firm”) regarding an...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FINRA Proposes Lighter Regulatory Regime for Limited Corporate Financing Brokers

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) recently issued a Regulatory Notice (the “Notice”) requesting comment on a Proposed Rule Set for “Limited Corporate Financing Brokers” (“LCFBs”). (The comment period...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

SEC Issues Ground-Breaking Guidance: Pierce Atwood Business Counselor Q1 2014

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Historically, subject to only very limited and narrow exceptions, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and many state securities regulators, have taken the position that brokers, finders and other intermediaries could not...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

SEC Intensifies Scrutiny of Fee-Based Accounts and Reverse Churning

The SEC is crunching a lot of data these days, and it apparently intends to use some of that data to identify “reverse churning.” Reverse churning is the practice of placing a client who trades infrequently in a fee-based,...more

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