securities products

• 

  Top 10 Investor Threats for 2012: Some New, Some Old

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 24, 2012

  NASAA’s annual list of financial products and practices that threaten to trap unwary investors has been broken into two parts this year: new threats and persistent (or old) threats.

• 

  Forget the TAMP, Pt. 1: It’s Time for the TFPP

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  July 23, 2012

  The inspiration for today's blog post is the recent announcement that LPL Financial has acquired Veritat. A new option is beginning to emerge: the Turnkey Financial Planning Program.

• 

  Resolved: FINRA Should Review These 10 Outdated Rules

  By Brian Rubin, Deborah Heilizer and Susan Krawczyk  |  July 20, 2012

  FINRA should heed the advice of a recent GAO report and revisit these rules, which the authors humbly suggest either no longer work as intended, or have effectively been replaced by other rules or guidance. In response to the GAO recommendation,

• 

  SEC Forms New Investor Advisory Committee

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 12, 2012

  The SEC announced the makeup of its new Investor Advisory Committee, a Dodd-Frank requirement. Among its members: Mellody Hobson of Ariel, Steven Wallman of Foliofn, and Barbara Roper of the CFA.

• 

  SEC Cites Problems in Structured Securities Sales, Marketing

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 28, 2011

  Procedures designed to protect retail investors from the purchase of unsuitable structured securities products might have been inadequate or missing, according to a report issued by SEC staff on Wednesday.