Compliance | July 18th, 2018 Former State Street Executive Convicted of Defrauding Transition Management Customers The SEC's complaint alleges that the former executive led a scheme to add secret commissions to securities trades performed for...
Compliance | July 13th, 2018 Former New York Retirement Fund Employee Sentenced in Pay-to-Play Scheme Navnoor Kang allegedly used his position to direct up to $2.5 billion in state business to registered representatives at two...
Compliance | June 18th, 2018 Non-ERISA 403(b)s Could Be Affected by SEC Conflict of Interest Proposal The Wagner Law Group says non-ERISA 403(b) plans may satisfy the definition of “retail customer” in the Securities and Exchange...
Compliance | June 13th, 2018 SEC Finds Merrill Lynch Traders Overcharged for RMBS The brokerage firm will pay more than $15 million in settlement.
Compliance | June 7th, 2018 SEC Seeks Comments on Fund Disclosures and the Fees Charged for Them The agency also adopted a new rule allowing fund companies to share information via the Internet.
Opinions | June 4th, 2018 Barry’s Pickings: The Possibility of a ‘Provider’s ERISA’ Michael Barry, president of October Three (O3) Plan Advisory Services LLC, discusses how the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)’s broker/investment...
Compliance | March 15th, 2018 SEC Proposes Moving Public Liquidity Risk Disclosure to Annual Reports This would replace a pending requlation that would have required the disclosure to be made on Form N-PORT on a...
Compliance | September 13th, 2017 SEC Secures Fee Rebates for Faith-Based 403(b) Plan Sponsors The SEC says Envoy Securities received at least $24,893.26 in 12b-1 fees in connection with investments in higher-fee share classes.