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Summary: That’s the message state securities administrators stressed while noting the massive jump in deficiencies found earlier this year in their bulked-up examinations of smaller RIAs. Andrea Seidt, the chairwoman of the North American Securities Administrator Association’s Investment Adviser Section, warned advisors about the trend toward new fee setups.
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Summary: After numerous delays, updates and court decisions, the future of the Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule remains uncertain. While regulators still have not offered a clear picture of what to expect, advisory firms are using this time to examine their processes and payment structures to ensure they will be prepared to comply.
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Summary: The new Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, Jay Clayton, recently testified before Congress that the agency will increase its examinations of investment advisers by 20% in the current fiscal year, and nudge those numbers up a further 5% in fiscal 2018.
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Summary: On Oct. 1 the SEC stopped accepting any amendments in most instances until firms complete the much more onerous job of filling out its new Form ADV, which includes up to hundreds of new disclosures depending on the size of the firm, says GJ King, president of compliance and software consulting firm RIA in a Box.
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Summary: When President Trump was elected, some broker/dealers and advisors thought it would usher in an era favorable to financial services, with a pullback in regulatory reach and a return to a “friendlier” legal environment for small businesses.
