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Carl Ayers

Carl Ayers Carl Ayers, Publisher | 202-908-6194 | cayers@regcompliancewatch.com Carl has been the publisher of Regulatory Compliance Watch since 2008. He has won several national journalism awards, including for investigative reporting. In 2018, Ayers won two awards - a second place award for Best Spot News for a story reporting Form ADV developments ahead of the SEC (IA Watch, July 6, 2017), and a third place award for Best Investigative Reporting for a series on an adviser that initially fought SEC charges (IA Watch, July 27, 2017). He has worked at newspapers, in television news and in healthcare journalism. Carl hails from New Jersey, earned his master's degree from Northwestern University and enjoys playing guitar, working out and pursuing golf.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission” or “CFTC”) is proposing to amend its regulations regarding certain duties of chief compliance officers (“CCOs”) of swap dealers ...
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Final legal arguments were filed April 24 as an investment adviser accused of marketing fraud contests the SEC’s actions on the grounds that the agency’s ...
A former rep with a prior FINRA settlement on his record for violating the SRO’s suitability rules has now run afoul of the SEC for ...
Fully one-quarter of the 334 enforcement actions filed by the SEC in the first half of fiscal year 2017 have involved broker-dealers. Actions against broker-dealers ...
If your firm or its associated persons intends to communicate regarding firm business through a text messaging app or chat service, first ensure that you ...
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