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Hugh Kennedy

Hugh has 35 years of expertise in the financial services industry, with publishing and legal research experience spanning the public company, investment adviser, broker-dealer, credit union and banking industries. As a senior-level manager, award-winning writer and conference speaker, he has covered key issues stemming from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Department of Labor, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, NCUA, banking agencies, Capitol Hill, NASAA and other regulators. He has developed and created a number of new publications, online databases and value-added portals serving the needs of financial industry professionals.
FINRA continues to advance enhancements to its risk-based exam program with a view toward being more data driven and automated. “This data driven approach allows ...
There was a “significant” rise in the number of enforcement actions initiated by state securities regulators against licensed broker-dealer sales agents last year. In its ...
Cybersecurity now stands at the top of the list of principal concerns of the financial services industry. This conclusion can be seen in a new ...
A senior FINRA executive cautions broker-dealers to be sure that their supervisory systems are designed to ensure compliance with Regulation SHO. Brad Bennett, FINRA’s executive ...
Entities are increasingly popping up whose business model is based specifically on providing “accredited investor” certification services. “The need is out there due to the ...
Everyone from the White House on down seems focused on enhancing the industry’s cybersecurity preparedness and practices. Last week, President Obama released an executive order ...
Regulators are fully dialed in to high frequency and algorithmic trading as a focus area. Last week’s “first-ever” market manipulation case against a high-frequency trader ...
Despite revisions instituted to placate initial dissention, FINRA’s controversial Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System is still being widely panned. The SRO’s new CARDS rule proposal ...
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations has named Marc Wyatt as its new deputy director. He’s been with the Commission since December 2012 ...
On the same day the SEC reported bringing a record amount of enforcement actions in FY 2014 and touting a number of “first-ever” cases, the ...
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