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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.
SRO's new type of exam review focuses on a business area or a product in which FINRA sees heightened risk
The protection of MNPI remains a top focus of the SEC's Division of Examinations
FINRA's Financial Intelligence Unit delivers threat intelligence products to communicate threat guidance to the industry
A market maker in OTC securities was charged with failing over a two-and-a-half-year period to provide best execution with respect to 1,674 orders
The SRO is squarely focused on the regulatory challenges presented by firms' crypto asset activities and evolving its oversight
Steps were not taken to confirm that reps understood the features and risks unique to NT-ETPs before recommending them
The new survey results offer meaningful insights into what firms are doing regarding marketing nearly two years after the IA marketing rule became effective
The Commission's economic analysis of the Regulation Best Execution proposal is "fundamentally flawed," in former Chief Economist's opinion
SRO reminds about policy prohibiting firms and associated persons from making audio or video recordings of conversations with staff
Association expresses concerns that proposed rules could have a chilling effect on broader short selling activity across the industry
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