Regulation

One of the most interesting things to come out of this conversational thread about the regulators is the amount of fear advisors are expressing about speaking openly.

Robert M. Jaffe has been ordered to pay $1.1 million plus interest to Turbo Investors LLC

Regulators and small bank advocates seem to be losing the psychological battle over the Dodd-Frank Act, despite recent efforts to calm bankers.

A year into its existence, the size, knowledge and dedication of the SEC's special asset management enforcement unit is going to spell “trouble with a capital T’’ for fund managers of all stripes, according to experts at the final general session of the 2011 Investment Company Institute Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference.

A FINRA panel has put Robert M. Jaffe, an embattled former broker who worked with Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff, on the hook to pay $1.1 million in compensatory damages to Turbo Investors LLC.

Robert M. Jaffe has been ordered to pay $1.1 million plus interest to Turbo Investors LLC.

The Financial Planning Coalition has called on Congress to support the Securities and Exchange Commission in establishing a fiduciary standard of care for broker-dealers.

A FINRA arbitration panel has awarded former Merrill Lynch Co-President Ahmass L. Fakahany $1.2 million out of the more than $70 million in compensatory damages he sought from his former employer.

The basic roles and responsibilities of brokers, financial advisors and asset managers are in the early stages of what's sure to be a dramatic transition and the brokers and firms that are most adapt at adding new tools and technology will be the ones to prosper, according to a new report from Boston-based financial services consulting firm Financial Research Corp.

Ahmass L. Fakahany was awarded $1.2 million by a FINRA arbitration panel after he brought a claim seeking more than $70 million from his former employer.