5/13/2013
The question had to be asked. With Carlo di Florio, who headed up the SEC's exam program for investment advisers and investment companies for three years, moving to FINRA, a group with its sights on overseeing IAs, could there be a connection?The official response from FINRA is no. di Florio will be ...
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4/29/2013
If at first you don't succeed .... That adage comes to mind now that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has resubmitted her Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act (IA Watch, July 30, 2012). The bill would allow the SEC to assess investment advisers a fee to pay for the cost of examinations.That b ...
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4/22/2013
Again last week the issue of the dearth in exams of investment advisory firms came up, with SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter calling for a solution now because "there simply are not enough examiners to go around."Although she has leaned toward the SRO solution in the past, this time Walter - in speaki ...
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04/22/2013
This is the text to H.R. 1627, the Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2013. This bill, sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), would allow the SEC to charge user fees to pay for its exams of investment advisory firms. This was submitted in April 2013.
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