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JPMorgan’s guilty plea puts wealth unit in spot with regulators
By Neil WeinbergJP Morgan needs the DOL's permission to keep managing money in the $8 trillion private pension market.
May 20, 2015
SEC Wants Big Form ADV ChangesThe SEC has approved a plan to require advisors to provide more data on separately managed accounts, branch offices and social media on Form ADV.
May 18, 2015
SEC’s Gallagher, Aguilar to Depart as Agency Crafts Fiduciary ‘Term Sheet’Two commissioners are planning to exit as the agency drafts a term sheet on what a fiduciary rule should look like.
May 14, 2015
Nationwide settles claim it manipulated fund orders for 15 yearsNationwide agreed to pay $8 million to end the case, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.
May 14, 2015
SEC Fines Nationwide $8M for Delaying Mailed Customer OrdersFor more than 15 years, Nationwide intentionally delayed delivery of untracked mail containing orders from customers, SEC says.
May 14, 2015
New Hire Roundup: SEC Names Grim Director of Investment ManagementMeanwhile, Merrill has created a retirement income and investment team and a Mercatus fellow has been named chief economist for House Financial Services.
May 12, 2015
Nobody’s Worried About ‘Too Big to Jail’ AnymoreA criminal guilty plea no longer comes with the expectation that it will destroy a bank.
May 11, 2015
SEC Charges Radio Hosts With Misleading Life Settlement InvestorsThe Texas-based hosts falsely told investors that interests in life settlements they sold were guaranteed, safe as CDs and federally insured, the SEC says.