by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 24, 2015 | All, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In a March 4, 2015 letter, two House Republicans requested answers from Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Thomas E. Perez about the process for devising new fiduciary rules for investment professionals providing services to retirement plans. Representative John...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 19, 2015 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Pursuant to a mandate in the Dodd-Frank act, both the Department of Labor and the Securities and Exchange Commission have been working to develop uniform fiduciary standards for investment advisers and broker-dealers. The efforts of the DOL and SEC have unfolded over...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 16, 2015 | All, Formal Regulatory Remedies, Procedural Changes
In a recent address before the Center for the Study of Financial Regulation at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar urged academics to engage more actively in policy debates over securities regulation....
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jan 26, 2015 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will hold a February 19 public roundtable discussion on improving the proxy voting process. The roundtable, which will be held at the SEC’s Washington, DC headquarters, will focus on universal proxy...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jan 20, 2015 | All, Disclosure Regimes, Formal Regulatory Remedies
The SEC has issued final rules governing security-based swap data repositories (SDRs) prescribing reporting to regulators and setting public disclosure requirements for security-based swap transaction data. These new rules implement mandates under Title VII of the...
