When President Obama appointed FINRA chief Mary Schapiro as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the nation was promised an overhaul of the agency and of securities regulation in general. Given the turmoil created by the financial meltdown and the Bernard Madoff mess, we are seeing those changes happen very quickly.
Indeed, we are seeing new rules and proposals, including the re-introduction of short-selling restrictions, increasing calls for registration of investment advisors and more tinkering with rules regarding the operation of public companies. At the same time, there is a renewed effort to toughen the enforcement of existing rules and regulations.
The real question for you is: How will these changes affect individual advisors? More>>>
