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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.
Capital raising under the new federal crowdfunding rules is now off and running. On May 16—the day the crowdfunding rules came into effect—SEC Chair Mary ...
IA Watch recently ran across an RFP from the SEC that could lead to a process for the agency to better hear from investors and ...
Scottsdale Capital Advisors, seeking to head off a disciplinary hearing, asked a federal appeals court to expedite its suit claiming that FINRA lacks authority to ...
As the Department of Labor official responsible for crafting the new fiduciary rules, Timothy Hauser is much listened to. And from the nuances of exemptions to ...
Don’t expect the SEC to “micromanage” your approach to cybersecurity. For example, it’s up to you whether you wish to pay for a penetration test. ...
If you’re a CCO at a large investment adviser or broker-dealer, there’s a very good reason you’ll want to be aware of the government’s latest ...
Brokers, mutual funds, futures commission merchants and commodities introducing brokers have until May 2018 to begin to ask new clients opening accounts who their beneficial ...
FINRA fired another shot across the bow in its on-going battle to protect senior investors.   The target this time: pension-income stream products.   The SRO ...
Another broker-dealer has been sanctioned for failing to waive mutual fund sales charges for eligible charitable organizations and retirement accounts. But it avoided additional financial ...
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