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Uniform Fiduciary Standard Still A Question Mark 

Feb 17, 2010 6:36 PM, By Kristen French

Senator Tim Johnson (R- S.D.), incoming Senate Banking Committee Chair, began floating an amendment last week that would eliminate from Senate regulatory reform legislation the application of a fiduciary standard to investment advice provided by brokers. Instead, Johnson’s amendment calls for an 18-month SEC study on the fiduciary issue. But some say it may just be a negotiating tactic....

Shapiro Calls For Aggressive 2010 Reform Agenda  

Dec 3, 2009 5:05 PM, By Kristen French

In her remarks before the Consumer Federation of America Thursday, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro reiterated her commitment to creating a “strong fiduciary standard” for all securities professionals. She also called for clear point-of-sale disclosures, a re-assessment of 12b-1 fees, a closer look at target date funds and self-funding for the agency. ...

Victims of Florida Broker Gary Gross Get $7million 

Sep 15, 2009 1:53 PM, By John Churchill

You may not remember our April 2008 cover story on Gary Gross, the Boca Raton, Florida, (where else?) broker with a 100-page, customer-complaint laden CRD. Gross apparently preyed on elderly people and a FINRA arbitration panel recently awarded $7 million to his victims, whom he defrauded. ...

Jailed Financial Advisor Resorts to Voodoo 

Sep 8, 2009 2:37 PM, By John Churchill

Facing 22 years in jail for stealing $19 million from client retirement plans, Barry Stokes made creative use of his jail time while awaiting sentencing: He crafted voodoo dolls of his financial victims and stuck pins in them. ...

Sales Assistant Gone Wild 

Aug 27, 2009 11:25 AM, By Christina Mucciolo

Advisors might think twice about taking a Friday off and leaving your book in the hands of your “capable” sales assistant (or client associate—whatever firms call trusted SAs these days). ...

Financial Advisor To The Mafia? 

Jul 30, 2009 4:11 PM, By Christina Mucciolo

Do any of your clients have a connection to the Mafia? Brian Hamburger, a lawyer specializing in securities law, says he represents a financial advisor who was threatened by someone claiming to have family in the Mob. ...

Brokers To The Ramparts! Unionize! 

May 4, 2009 4:31 PM, By David A. Geracioti

Now that we’re in the Great Recession, perhaps financial advisors should join—and we don’t mean join as in managing Taft-Hartley plans, either—the union movement. A thread on Registered Rep.’s Advisor Forum wonders: What if reps had a union?...

Trust Me  

Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Churchill

If electronic-trading pioneer and philanthropist Bernard Madoff was such a convincing fraud, how can your clients trust you? You’re all potential Madoffs now....

Blotter 

Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM, John Churchill

Ponzi, Ponzi Everywhere: The SEC either has a coincidental backlog of Ponzi scheme cases closing in the wake of Bernard Madoff, or the agency has put...

Street Legal: Barred Behind Bars 

Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Bill Singer

Even convicted felons are entitled to due process....

Blotter 

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, John Churchill

SEC In Madoff Squeeze: The $50 billion question on everyone's mind as investigators sift through files and records of Bernard Madoff is how and for how...

60 Seconds 

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, David A. Geracioti

Registered Rep.: You say SEC Chairman Christopher Cox is being treated unfairly. Why? Philip Moyer: Companies need to report in an electronic data format...

Street Legal: A Call For Overhaul 

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bill Singer

Recent weeks have been tough at my law firm. I hesitate to answer my phone. One client sobs to me about the loss of his savings, his job and his career....

Blotter 

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, John Churchill

Head Exam, More Delays For Jail-Bound Hedgie: After faking his suicide and going on the lam for 23 days to avoid a 20-year jail sentence for swindling...

"Principal Protected" Products Weren't 

Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By John Aidan Byrne

Some Clients Are Suing...

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