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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.
The shift to T+1 "has provided the appropriate balance between increasing efficiencies and mitigating risk for the industry," reports says
The latest SEC off-channel communications cases involving an IA and a B-D have set a new fine floor: no civil penalty
Peirce and Uyeda question whether firms "have an achievable path to compliance" when it comes to off-channel communications
The full-day program for investment advisers and investment companies is aimed at assisting firms in enhancing their compliance programs
FINRA has observed an increase in cyberattacks and outages at third-party vendors used by brokerage firms
The amendments address minimum pricing increments for the quoting of certain NMS stocks, access fee caps, and the transparency of better priced orders
The SEC charged 12 municipal advisors for failing to maintain and preserve certain electronic communications
The dissemination of ads that included "untrue or unsubstantiated" claims and testimonials, endorsements, or third-party rankings lacking required disclosures were among violations
The latest B-D case touches on customer identification, account opening, and deficient regulatory technology
RCW and industry regulators have a plethora of AML guidance for you
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