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from The Advisor's Professional Library- Preventing and Dealing with Client Complaints Although the SEC has not provided specific guidance on how client complaints should be handled, a firm’s policies and procedures should provide clear direction how to do so, as neglecting complaints can exacerbate a bad situation.
- The Few and the Proud: Chief Compliance Officers CCOs make significant contributions to success of an RIA, designing and implementing compliance programs that prevent, detect and correct securities law violations. When major compliance problems occur at firms, CCOs will likely receive regulatory consequences.
In a political atmosphere that expects Democrats to lose and lose big come November, Republicans' focus has zeroed in mostly on tax and budget cuts, and the defunding or complete repeal of legislation passed under Obama. But with Tea Partiers vying with mainline Republicans, there's speculation on how much will actually get done, through repeal, defunding, or actual government shutdown. Republican strategist Craig Shirley was quoted as saying that, if Republicans win big in November, the GOP will shortly thereafter descend into a brawl that will resemble the bar scene in "Star Wars."
At least a few Democrats, however, seem to be jumping onto the austerity bandwagon, urged on by a Washington Post story that theorized that, had they embraced fiscal austerity earlier, their chances would be better in November (despite the fact that the CBO estimates that the unemployment rate would have been anywhere from 0.7% to 1.8% higher).
Their austerity leanings may mean nothing, however, if the survey mentioned on the Sunday morning talk shows is any indication--that Americans plan to vote for Republicans over Democrats by a 10-point margin.
