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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.
This exemption letter from the CFTC permits certain commodity pool operators from having to file Form CPO-PQR.
For some advisers, their clients must go to their custodian’s website, say a Charles Schwab or Fidelity, to glance at their portfolios online. Some build ...
You may have missed it, given that the SEC picked the day before the big Labor Day weekend to announce its first whistleblower award to ...
The government alleges Robare & Jones Asset Managers ($150M in AUM) in Houston earned $441,000 in hidden fees over eight years without disclosing or adequately ...
Add a new party in predicting what an advisory firm may pay should Congress permit the SEC to assess user fees to fund more RIA ...
By allowing broker-dealers to offer investment advice without living under a fiduciary duty standard, “the SEC is permitting them to deceive investors about the nature ...
The SEC’s not the only regulator on your radar screen looking at alternative mutual funds (IA Watch, Aug. 28, 2014). FINRA is also looking at ...
FINRA arbitrators have been complaining that they’re underpaid, so it plans make member firms pay more for arbitration services. Arbitrators last raise was in 1999. ...
As a service to clients who travel extensively, an advisory firm is weighing offering to receive checks on their behalf and to deposit them into ...
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