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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.
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Private equity firms continue to strengthen disclosure to limited partners about co-investment programs as the SEC maintains its emphasis on transparency, according to a lawyer who works with GPs. ...
Examiners are always on the lookout for private securities transactions. And they’re getting better at pinpointing them (IA Watch, August 18, 2016).   There are ...
Since December 2012, when FINRA began requiring firms to file private placement offering documents in its Firm Gateway system, the SRO has received more than ...
FINRA has been beating the drum about liquidity, and it’s getting louder.   The SRO has been expanding its review of liquidity management practices this ...
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