Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

About the Author

Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

Melanie is the Washington Bureau Chief and Editor of the Practice Channel on AdvisorOne.com. 

Early in her career, Melanie covered financial issues at American Banker in Washington. For more than 15 years, Melanie has been covering investment-related issues, entering the advisor universe in a senior level editorial position at American Banker/Thomson Media in both Washington and New York. After seven years at Thomson, now Reuters, Melanie joined the Investment Advisor team. 

Melanie has been a columnist for Investment Advisor for nine years, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Towson University.

Reach Melanie at mwaddell@investmentadvisor.com.

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  FINRA: BDs Have a Failure to Communicate on Nontraded REITs

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 6, 2013

  FINRA warned broker-dealers Friday that they were failing to properly communicate to investors the potential pitfalls of nontraded REITs.

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  Ruling Forces Advisors to Pick Appropriate Fund Share Classes

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 3, 2013

  It's a potentially daunting task since some funds may have 10 or more share classes, says ERISA guru Fred Reish.

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  SEC’s White: Money-Market Fund Reforms Coming in ‘Near Future’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 3, 2013

  But SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White remained tight-lipped on the specifics of those changes.

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  SEC Exam Chief Di Florio Jumps to FINRA Post

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  In a surprising move, Carlo di Florio will leave the agency and become an executive vice president of FINRA.

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  Trust Co. of America Aligns With RIA in a Box to Help Breakaway Brokers

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2013

  The alliance will help breakaway brokers in Trust Co.’s Advisor Pathways program decide whether they want go independent, join an existing RIA firm, or sell their practice and exit the market.

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  Sen. Franken Urges SEC to Ban ‘Unfair’ Arbitration Agreements

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2013

  Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., told SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White in a Tuesday letter to act now to prevent Wall Street brokerage firms from forcing investors into “unfair” arbitration agreements.

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  SEC Slams Level Global With $21.5M Insider Trading Fine

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2013

  The hedge fund advisory firm Level Global Investors has agreed to pay more than $21.5 million to settle charges that its co-founder and analyst engaged in repeated insider trading of Dell and Nvidia stock.

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  Mary Jo White: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2013

  All eyes will be on new SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White as she takes the helm and decides which rulemakings to tackle first.

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  FPA Makes Two Big Pushes in Washington

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2013

  The FPA is “well under way” in putting its advocacy infrastructure in place, FPA President Michael Branham told AdvisorOne in an interview Thursday.

• SEC Acts to Halt JOBS Act Scam

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2013

  The SEC on Thursday announced fraud charges against a Spokane Valley, Wash., company and its owner for misleading investors with claims it was raising billions in investment capital under the JOBS Act—before the law's rules are even finished.