More On Legal & Compliance
from The Advisor's Professional Library- Updating Form ADV and Form U4 When it comes to disclosure on Form ADV, RIAs should assume information would be material to investors. When in doubt, RIAs should disclose information rather than arguing later with securities regulators that it was not material.
- Recent Changes in the Regulatory Landscape 2011 marked a major shift in the regulatory environment, as the SEC adopted rules for implementing the Dodd-Frank Act. Many changes to Investment Advisers Act were authorized by Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act.
While many eyes were focused last week on Capitol Hill, consumers were reported as buying more last week (well, in November), though the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index fell from October's level. Also, Ken Feinberg at Treasury got tough on compensation for TARP recipients.
The week begins December 14 with a White House meeting between banking leaders and President Obama, who in a 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft on Sunday night, December 13, said Wall Street "still doesn't get it," citing the large bonuses that TARP repayers are offering top executives. In the interview, which mostly focused on Afghanistan, the President also cited the CBO's estimate that healthcare reform would in fact reduce the federal budget deficit over time.
Also this week, both the House and Senate are in session, while on December 15th we hear about producer prices while on Wednesday, December 16th, reports are released on November housing starts and building permits, and on the CPI, along with the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meets on December 15th and 16th. On the 17th, we hear about leading economic indicators.
