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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.
Recognizing that most broker-dealers wouldn’t be able to afford to carry insurance against arbitration or court judgments, FINRA has decided against mandating that they do. ...
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Many advisers continue to generate deficiencies on SEC exams because they incorrectly determine that they don’t have custody, said Renee Esfandiary, assistant director of the ...
The SEC’s rules regarding advertising and marketing were developed long before the internet could have ever been imagined but that doesn’t mean your firm’s website ...
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A new no-action letter from the CFTC grants blanket relief from registration to CPOs that delegate their investment management authority to another CPO that is ...
Your responsibilities to “know your customer” (KYC) is capsulized in several FINRA rules (IA Watch, July 8, 2013). The most recent one being rule 2090, ...
Even with the best precautions, it’s possible a cyber bad guy could infiltrate your network. Should you find evidence of an intrusion, consider these steps: ...
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