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Bates Group
February 6, 2021
In May 2019, Bates Compliance published a review of the supervision, inspection and operational considerations for broker-dealer branch office compliance. In that paper, Bates described the […]
February 3, 2021
FINRA has announced the publication of the 2021 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program. The new Report combines and replaces two previously published annual […]
January 8, 2021
Just prior to the new year, the SEC finalized significant changes to rules and forms governing advertising and cash solicitations under the Investment Advisers Act (“IAA”). In the […]
December 22, 2020
On December 15, 2020, the Department of Labor finalized long-considered regulations on investment advice for retirement accounts under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and the Internal […]
November 13, 2020
On October 26, 2020, the SEC and FINRA staff held a remote public roundtable to discuss the implementation of Regulation Best Interest (“Reg BI”) and the Customer Relationship […]
September 1, 2020
Over the past several weeks, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued new guidance on customer due diligence requirements, an advisory on cyber-enabled financial crime […]
June 19, 2020
FINRA issued Special Alert Notice 20-16 to share COVID-19-related off-site transition and supervisory practice information. The information was derived from recent FINRA discussions with small, mid-sized and large […]
June 8, 2020
Concern about recommendations of complex financial products for retail investors has been at the center of the debate over changing standards for broker-dealers and investment advisers. […]
April 10, 2020
On April 7, 2020, the SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued two new alerts to broker-dealers and investment advisers about the “expected scope and content” […]