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Top Compliance Challenges Financial Advisors Face

BlueMind

Category: Compliance. The Significance Of Financial Compliance Financial compliance requires all actions, procedures, guidelines, and business culture to abide by the rules and regulations set by the regulatory authorities of the financial market. Related: Compliance and Automation – An Ideal Unison!

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Aug 6-7)

Nerd's Eye View

The guidance indicates that, despite early fears that Reg BI was ‘overly accommodating’ to the brokerage industry, the Commission is expecting that reducing conflicts of interest should be an ongoing task for broker-dealers rather than a one-time compliance disclosure change, and that brokerage firms will want to ‘show their work’ (..)

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Why do we need more awareness about SEBI-registered investment advisers?

Truemind Capital

Unfortunately, the incentive structure based on commissions in established wealth management set-ups has compromised fiduciary responsibilities towards an investor. In simple terms, the products that offer higher commissions to the distributors/agents in most cases are not appropriate for investors.

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Hedge Funds Trading Treasuries to Be Tagged Dealers by SEC

Advisor Perspectives

Hedge funds and proprietary trading firms that regularly trade US Treasuries are set to be labeled as dealers by the Securities and Exchange Commission — a tag that brings greater compliance costs and scrutiny.

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: SEC charges crypto exchange Bittrex and former CEO with flouting securities laws

MarketWatch

Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged crypto trading platform Bittrex Inc. investors as a broker, exchange and clearing agency without registering these activities with the Commission, in violation of the law. The SEC alleged that Bittrex earned at least $1.3 billion in revenue between 2017 and 2022 serving U.S.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Sept 24-25)

Nerd's Eye View

While the new rule allows financial advisors to proactively use testimonials (from clients), endorsements (from non-clients), and highlight their own ratings on various third-party websites, the SEC’s warning suggests that advisory firms will want to take care to abide by the compliance requirements linked to the new rule.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Jan 14-15)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a nationwide ban on noncompete clauses in employee contracts, aiming to give employees more freedom to change jobs within the same industry.