TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC, a subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), agreed Tuesday to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $97 million in restitution to settle charges of inaccurate and misleading statements related to…
Broker-dealers have begun receiving requests from SEC examiners asking them to justify and explain their registered reps’ investment recommendations, a panel of attorneys and former regulators said Broker-dealers have begun receiving requests from SEC examiners asking them to justify and…
Source https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-39 All content is copyrighted to SEC's article. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations announced its 2021 examination priorities on March 3rd 2021. The following are some of the key areas of the Division’s 2021 examination priorities…
FINRA released its 2021 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program on Feb 10th 2021 that sets the direction for the market for 2021. Please Note: All information here is as stated in FINRA's report. This article is only…
The SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced on August 12th 2020 Select COVID-19 Compliance Risks and Considerations for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers, highlighting the various risks that they see, and that need to be addressed by firms.…
The SEC’s latest regulation, the Regulation Best Interest is now in effect with firms having to bring their operations into compliance from June 30, 2020. SEC examination notices are now going out – there is an expectation that firms have…
The staff of the Division of Trading and Markets have prepared the following responses to questions about Regulation Best Interest and expect to update from time to time our responses to additional questions. These responses represent the views of the…
The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) isissuing this Risk Alert to provide SEC-registered broker-dealers andinvestment advisers (“firms”) with information about the scope and contentof initial examinations after the compliance date for Form CRS. Form CRS and its related…
