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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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Gemmer Asset Management permits IA Watch to share with you its cybersecurity policy related to access to client information.
A peer shares a copy of the RIA's SEC document request letter from a 2015 exam out of the SEC's New York Regional Office.
A peer shares an example of a form that provides details of a cross trade.
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This one stemmed from an OCIE exam launched in 2015.
Confusion over the custody rule continues to reign more than five years after the SEC revised the rule. And even OCIE examiners don’t always agree ...
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