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Finra Freezes Executive Pay as Revenue Declines July 6, 2017

Finra Freezes Executive Pay as Revenue Declines

Finra Freezes Executive Pay as Revenue Declines July 5, 2017 | by Mason Braswell | AdvisorHub Seven top executives at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority earned at least $1 million in 2016 but a 6% decline in revenue has led the industry-financed organization to freeze salaries and promotions in 2017, according to the group’s annual report. “We expect…
Trump Administration Rebuffs Challenge to Fiduciary Rule in Appeals Court July 6, 2017

Trump Administration Rebuffs Challenge to Fiduciary Rule in Appeals Court

Trump Administration Rebuffs Challenge to Fiduciary Rule in Appeals Court U.S. asks Fifth Circuit largely to uphold the rule as regulators move to revise it, or further delay implementation July 4, 2017 | by Mike Scarcella | ThinkAdvisor   The U.S. Labor Department late Monday urged a federal appeals court to largely uphold Obama-era regulations that confronted…
Financial Advisor to Chair FSI Board of Directors June 29, 2017

Financial Advisor to Chair FSI Board of Directors

Financial Advisor to Chair FSI Board of Directors June 29, 2017 | The DI Wire The Financial Services Institute, a trade organization that represents independent financial advisors and financial services firms, has elected new directors for its 2018 board of directors. The new directors include Ed Forst, president and CEO of Lincoln Investment Planning; Chris…
Why Warren Buffett Just Invested in This $2.6 Trillion Industry, and How You Can, Too June 29, 2017

Why Warren Buffett Just Invested in This $2.6 Trillion Industry, and How You Can, Too

Why Warren Buffett Just Invested in This $2.6 Trillion Industry, and How You Can, Too Here's why net lease real estate could be a smart addition to your portfolio. June 27, 2017 | by Matthew Frankel | The Motley Fool Net-lease real estate investment trust Store Capital (NYSE:STOR) recently announced that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B), the conglomerate led by Warren Buffett, had made a…
What Some BDs are Doing Wrong in Cybersecurity June 29, 2017

What Some BDs are Doing Wrong in Cybersecurity

What Some BDs are Doing Wrong in Cybersecurity June 28, 2017 | by Rita Raagas De Ramos | Financial Advisor IQ Finra has found six common cybersecurity weaknesses it has observed from examinations of its member-firms. And the failings read as a to-do list of things broker-dealers should do to ensure their cybersecurity is up to scratch. These…
Labor’s Alexander Acosta and SEC’s Jay Clayton tell lawmakers they will work together on fiduciary rule June 29, 2017

Labor’s Alexander Acosta and SEC’s Jay Clayton tell lawmakers they will work together on fiduciary rule

Labor's Alexander Acosta and SEC's Jay Clayton tell lawmakers they will work together on fiduciary rule In separate appearances before Senate panels, the regulators stressed the cooperation that Republican legislators and opponents of the DOL fiduciary rule are demanding June 27, 2017 | by Mark Schoeff Jr. | InvestmentNews Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and Securities and Exchange…
Real estate investors watching Washington to glean sector impacts June 28, 2017

Real estate investors watching Washington to glean sector impacts

Real estate investors watching Washington to glean sector impacts June 21, 2017 | by ARLEEN JACOBIUS | Pensions & Investments  Unlike some asset classes, commercial real estate did not participate in the so-called Trump bump. But real estate growth in coming years could, in part, be affected by which of the administration’s policies becomes reality, according to…
SEC Moving Forward on Fiduciary Rule, Clayton Says June 28, 2017

SEC Moving Forward on Fiduciary Rule, Clayton Says

SEC Moving Forward on Fiduciary Rule, Clayton Says The SEC chairman tells Congress that he will coordinate the agency’s fiduciary rule with Labor’s version June 27, 2017 | by Melanie Waddell | ThinkAdvisor Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton on Tuesday signaled that the agency is moving ahead on a coordinated fiduciary rule with the Department…

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