Payment for Order Flow (PFOF) and Gamification: Your Questions Answered
Summer Enforcement Action Review; Raising Money in a Pandemic - Investment Management Roundtable Discussion
Investment Management and Private Funds Roundtable – June 2020
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – FinTech initiatives
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Fiduciary investment advice: The patchwork emerges
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – SEC enforcement
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Complying with new SEC rules for broker-dealers
Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Regulatory and Enforcement Update
Regulation Best Interest Videocast Series: Establishing An Investment Platform Post-Regulation BI
Investment Management Update - Focus on Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
I. Starting a Broker-Dealer- Becoming an owner of a broker-dealer (BD) is a time-consuming and expensive endeavor. Although the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires BD registration pursuant to the...more
Regulatory Developments - OCC Acting Comptroller Issues Statement on Standards for Stablecoins - On April 27, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu issued a statement regarding stablecoin standards after his...more
A long time ago, long before there existed any whistleblower statutes, I had a client – a CCO of a broker-dealer – who discovered some pretty funky trading at his firm. As he tells the story, when he went to see his boss (who...more
Compliance Today (January 2020) - On November 18, 2019, MIT Sloan School of Management announced in a press release, “Evidence points towards yes, according to new research that offers the first large sample study on how...more
As we enter the new year, there are new changes in state and federal lobbying, gift and campaign finance laws. California: In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed new campaign finance laws that require political committees...more
On February 18, 2016, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it had issued a targeted exam letter, or sweep, to firms seeking information about how firms establish, communicate and implement cultural...more
Why it matters - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the independent self-regulatory body for the securities industry, has issued its list of examination priorities for 2016. Banks will recognize many,...more
On January 6 and January 11, 2016, respectively, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) each...more
On Jan. 5, 2016, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) issued its annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter (“2016 Examination Letter” or “Letter”), along with a press release from FINRA chairman and...more