Legal & Compliance

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  Bond Investors Must Prepare for Rate Spike: SEC’s Walter

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 20, 2013

  At the FINRA conference, SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter also said it was time to get to the "nitty-gritty" of a fiduciary rule.

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  Junxure’s Friedman: Use Tech to Ensure Smooth Exams

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 20, 2013

  The speed, ease and accuracy with which the information is retrieved will go a long way in determining the outcome of the exam.

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  House Passes SEC Cost-Benefit Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Planning groups are at odds over a bill that passed the House on Friday requiring the SEC to conduct more rigorous cost-benefit analyses before making rules.

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  Giachetti: Don’t Listen to the Kool-Aid Compliance Salesmen

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  If you like your compliance talk spiced up with frankness and salty language, Tom Giachetti of Stark & Stark is your man.

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  Schwab Backs Off on Class-Action Ban—for Now

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Charles Schwab on Thursday said it would lift a ban on client class-action suits until all legal and regulatory challenges were resolved.

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  Why the CFP Board’s Proposal to Offer CE Is Wrong

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  May 17, 2013

  In the first in a series of posts on the CFP Board’s proposal, an argument (from planners themselves) as to why it’s not a good idea and a look at the current, somewhat woeful, state of continuing education for CFPs.

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  SEC, FINRA Enforcement Roundup: Husband and Wife Divert Funds to Buy Home

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  The SEC filed charges against a husband and wife, who are executives of China-based RINO International Corp., and FINRA fined and censured Deutsche Bank Securities for reporting failures.

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  FSI Backs Bill Requiring SEC Cost-Benefit Analysis

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  H.R. 1062 would require SEC to conduct cost-benefit analyses before instituting rules. The White House opposes the measure.

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  House Bill to Require SEC, DOL Fiduciary Collaboration

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2013

  But SEC’s Mary Jo White maintains SEC and DOL are "two different agencies"; says more exam "coverage" is needed for advisors.

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  IRS Scandal Has Charities Worrying About ‘Collateral Damage’

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  May 16, 2013

  Charitable nonprofits worry that investigations revving up in Washington over the IRS' targeting of conservative groups will further delay applications for tax-exempt status and impede their activities.