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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) 529 Plans

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Recent Developments in FINRA’s Award of Credit for Extraordinary Cooperation Offers Guidance to Member Firms

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In 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) settled alleged rule violations with various large investment firms, including Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGMI), Transamerica Financial...more

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FINRA Launches New Self-Reporting Initiative for 529 Savings Plan Violations

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The new initiative promises standard settlements for qualifying self-reported violations. On January 28, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Regulatory Notice 19-04 announcing its 529 Plan...more

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Investment Management Update

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new rule and related amendments designed to streamline and enhance the regulatory framework for "fund of funds" arrangements....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FINRA’s 529 plan share class initiative

On January 28, 2019, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) launched its 529 Plan Share Class Initiative (the Initiative) to encourage member firms to self-report potential violations of rules governing 529...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FINRA 529 Plan Share Class Initiative Encourages Firms to Self-Report Violations

On January 28, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a Regulatory Notice announcing the 529 Plan Share Class Initiative, a self-reporting initiative to promptly compensate harmed investors and promote...more

King & Spalding

FINRA Incentivizes Member Firms to Self-Report and Remediate 529 Plan Deficiencies

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On January 28, 2019, FINRA announced a novel leniency initiative that will offer no-fine enforcement resolutions for member firms that self-report supervisory deficiencies related to recommendations of 529 savings plans and...more

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FINRA’s 529 Share Class Self-Disclosure Initiative: If It’s Good Enough For The SEC, It Must Be Good Enough For FINRA

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About a year ago, the SEC offered investment advisors the unique opportunity to report themselves to the SEC if they sold mutual funds to their clients that offered a lower priced share class than the class actually selected...more

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Investment Management Update

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The Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Amendments to Form ADV and Investment Adviser Act Rules - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Form ADV and Investment Advisers Act of 1940...more

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SEC Examiners Focused on Fund Share Class Conflicts of Interest

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OCIE recently published a Risk Alert announcing that it will examine the potential conflict of interest created by registered investment advisers being financially incentivized to recommend certain share classes to clients....more

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“Promptly Transmit” Redefined for Some Customer Checks

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The SEC and FINRA recently extended relief originally granted to accommodate suitability reviews of deferred variable annuities, so that the relief is now also available for mutual funds, Section 529 plans, and other...more

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