The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released its 2018 examination priorities, an annual report outlining the areas of the securities industry its examiners...more
Like it has in the past, FINRA is sharply focused on examining brokers with a disciplinary past, including the indentification and examination of such brokers being placed at the top of its 2017 exam priorities. Does this...more
The SEC has repeatedly included issues around social media in its annual exam priorities for investment advisers. With the SEC’s recent release of a final rule on the subject, the SEC has taken that “exam priority” to the...more
The SEC recently created a new position associated with cybersecurity; senior adviser to the chair for cybersecurity (Christopher R. Hetner). Mr. Hetner has an extensive background in information technology and, in...more