Heath Abshure, NASAA President

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Heath Abshure, NASAA President

Heath Abshure is the Arkansas securities commissioner. He began a one-year term as president of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) in September 2012. NASAA's membership includes 67 state, provincial and territorial securities administrators in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada and Mexico. In 2011, he was appointed as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies.

• Stop Denying Investor Rights: End Forced Abitration Now

  By Heath Abshure, NASAA President  |  May 16, 2013

  For too long, investors have been forced to "take it or leave it" by mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses. The time is now for this denial of investor rights to end, which is why NASAA supports the Arbitration Fairness Act.

• NASAA’s Advocacy Agenda: Advisor Regulation, Fiduciary Duty, Arbitration

  By Heath Abshure, NASAA President  |  March 19, 2013

  Our agenda calls for Congress to ensure all investors are protected when receiving individualized investment advice. This revolves around two key issues.

• 2013: The Road Ahead

  By Heath Abshure, NASAA President  |  January 10, 2013

  NASAA will keep a close eye on Congress' attempts to delay or derail Dodd-Frank regs, another round of JOBS act-related legislation and an SRO for advisors.

• Regulatory, Legislative Challenges Call for a New Playbook

  By Heath Abshure, NASAA President  |  September 21, 2012

  It is clear to me that NASAA should have an active voice that is not only heard by lawmakers, but heeded.