FINRA 2010-02-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part I

FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-15: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 Fixed Income Conference Keynote Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part II

Part II of this series focuses on issues related to communications with the public, fees and commissions, and other transaction types. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-04-26: FINRA\’s 2010 Educational Offerings

FINRA staff discuss compliance education and training options that FINRA makes available to the industry.Read full story

FINRA 2010-05-27: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses how FINRA is responding to current issues facing both the industry and investors.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-14: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 1)

The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-28: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 2)

The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-07-19: FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning Template

This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story

Financial Crisis Panel Refers Cases To Justice

Topix SEC NewsA bipartisan panel investigating the financial crisis has referred cases of potential wrongdoing by financial industry officials to the Justice Department, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.Read full story

SEC probes Illinois pension savings projections

Topix SEC NewsIllinois Gov. Pat Quinn says the Securities and Exchange Commission \”wanted to just look at the bill that we passed … and the pension borrowing.Read full story

SEC Charges Merrill Lynch For Misusing Customer Order Information / Charging Undisclosed Trading Fees

Topix SEC NewsThe Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated with securities fraud for misusing customer order information to place proprietary trades for the firm and for charging customers undisclosed trading fees.Read full story

Galleon worker pleads guilty, names Rajaratnam

Topix SEC NewsA former Galleon Group portfolio manager became the latest person to plead guilty in a broad U.S. hedge fund insider trading probe, and said he leaked details about transactions to Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam.Read full story

Quinn: We don\’t need advice from - some guy from Jersey\’

Another day. Another Republican governor taking potshots at Gov. Quinn and the whopping income-tax increase he helped implement this month.Read full story

January 24, 2011, issue

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January 26, 2011, issue

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FINRA 2010-02-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part I

FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-15: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 Fixed Income Conference Keynote Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part II

Part II of this series focuses on issues related to communications with the public, fees and commissions, and other transaction types. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-04-26: FINRA\’s 2010 Educational Offerings

FINRA staff discuss compliance education and training options that FINRA makes available to the industry.Read full story

FINRA 2010-05-27: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses how FINRA is responding to current issues facing both the industry and investors.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-14: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 1)

The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-28: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 2)

The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-07-19: FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning Template

This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story

Trading Activity Fee

This podcast presents a sampling of new frequently asked questions providing guidance about the trading activity fee.Read full story

DC Entry Level Job of the Day — The Securities and Exchange Commission

Are you a law or MBA student looking for that perfect summer job?A Do you follow the news about stock trades, mergers and acquistions, and IPOs the way your friends follow the sports pages? According to them, \”The SEC\’s Summer Honors Program gives graduate and JD/MBA students the opportunity to become acquainted with the regulation […]

HC summons SEC chief

Topix SEC NewsThe High Court on Monday summoned chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission for using logo of Bangladesh government in its letter staying the certificate of six brokerage houses.Read full story

SEC looks at Cahill, Goldman Sachs link

SUBPOENAS FOR DOCUMENTS It is not clear what direction the federal investigation is taking, but Timothy Cahill\’s campaign for governor is a factor.Read full story

HC censures SEC chairman

The High Court has censured the Securities and Exchange Commission chairman as he appeared before it in response to its summons to explain why the market regulator used government logo in its notices issued to six brokerage houses.Read full story

UPDATE 1-SEC charges ex-Innospec CEO in Iraq bribery case

A former Innospec Inc chief executive has settled U.S. regulatory charges accusing him of approving bribery payments by the specialty chemicals company to Iraqi oil officials.Read full story

FINRA 2010-02-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part I

FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-15: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 Fixed Income Conference Keynote Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part II

Part II of this series focuses on issues related to communications with the public, fees and commissions, and other transaction types. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-04-26: FINRA\’s 2010 Educational Offerings

FINRA staff discuss compliance education and training options that FINRA makes available to the industry.Read full story

FINRA 2010-05-27: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses how FINRA is responding to current issues facing both the industry and investors.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-14: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 1)

The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-28: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 2)

The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-07-19: FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning Template

This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story

For Small Hedge Funds, Success Brings New Headaches

Topix SEC News\”What possible risk could a $150 million hedge fund pose to the system?\” said Grange Johnson, who runs LaGrange Capital Partners.Read full story

Regulators pull plug on Bangladesh shares

Violent protests erupted on the streets of Dhaka on Thursday after trading on the Bangladesh stock exchanges was halted after only five minutes.Read full story

Securities-tied loans subject of SEC rules

Federal regulators are requiring firms selling securities tied to mortgages, credit cards and student loans, which froze during the financial crisis, to publicly report information on the loans that back them.Read full story

Daley Can Defer Capital Gains Tax on $8.3 Million JPMorgan Sale

Topix SEC NewsWilliam Daley , President Barack Obama \’s new chief of staff, can defer the payment of capital gains taxes on his sale of almost $8.3 million of JPMorgan Chase & Co.Read full story

Pre-Paid Legal\’s biggest shareholder in buyout talks

Tulsa World Staff Writer New-York based Cerberus Capital Management LP, a private investment firm, is in exclusive talks with the largest shareholder of Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc.Read full story

January 20, 2011, issue

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January 21, 2011, issue

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FINRA 2010-02-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part I

FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-15: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 Fixed Income Conference Keynote Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part II

Part II of this series focuses on issues related to communications with the public, fees and commissions, and other transaction types. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-04-26: FINRA\’s 2010 Educational Offerings

FINRA staff discuss compliance education and training options that FINRA makes available to the industry.Read full story

FINRA 2010-05-27: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses how FINRA is responding to current issues facing both the industry and investors.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-14: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 1)

The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-28: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 2)

The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-07-19: FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning Template

This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story

Firm Element Advisory – Part III

This podcast is the third in a three-part series on topics for firms to consider when planning their Firm Element training, as identified in the CE Council’s most recent Firm Element Advisory.Read full story

Apple gives minimal disclosure about Jobs\’ health

Topix SEC NewsIn a Oct. 14, 2004 file photo shows Apple CEO Steve Jobs gesturing in Palo Alto, Calif.Read full story

Apple gives minimal disclosure about Jobs\’ health

Topix SEC NewsSteve Jobs is the public face of Apple, but that doesn\’t mean investors get to know every last detail about the CEO\’s health.Read full story

DSE, CSE trading resumes Thursday

Topix SEC NewsTrading at the country\’s two bourses will resume on Thursday as usual. The public relations department of Dhaka Stock Exchange told bdnews24.com on Wednesday that trading at the DSE would start at 11am and follow the normal trading schedule.Read full story

Details emerge of patents Novell is selling to Microsoft

Novell reveals that CPTN Holdings will get patents tied to system management, file management and collaboration technology By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service January 18, 2011 03:50 PM ET Additional details have emerged regarding the more than 800 patents Novell is selling to the Microsoft-led consortium CPTN Holdings for US$450 million, about two …Read full […]

Disappointing 2010 results at Goldman Sachs are not a cause for celebration

No other bank attracts the venom of the public, politicians and the media like Goldmans.Read full story

January 18, 2011, issue

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January 19, 2011, issue

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FINRA 2010-02-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part I

FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-15: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 Fixed Income Conference Keynote Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part II

Part II of this series focuses on issues related to communications with the public, fees and commissions, and other transaction types. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-04-26: FINRA\’s 2010 Educational Offerings

FINRA staff discuss compliance education and training options that FINRA makes available to the industry.Read full story

FINRA 2010-05-27: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses how FINRA is responding to current issues facing both the industry and investors.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-14: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 1)

The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-28: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 2)

The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-07-19: FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning Template

This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story

Former Northern Guilford hoop coach faces SEC charges

Topix SEC NewsA coach at a North Carolina military school who recently bought a $3.9 million home on the South Carolina coast has been charged with securities fraud.Read full story

AEHI executives fight back in federal court

Topix SEC NewsExecutives at a small Idaho company aiming to build a nuclear power plant are fighting back against federal securities regulators, contending they never attempted to defraud investors.Read full story

Goldman to exclude U.S. from Facebook placement

Goldman Sachs said it will limit its private placement of shares of social networking site Facebook to investors outside the United States, citing \”intense media coverage,\” according to the investment bank.Read full story

\’ position: SEC should require fiduciary standard

Topix SEC NewsWe are also reiterating our call for the SEC to recommend to Congress that the jurisdiction of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.Read full story

\’Field of Schemes: If you build it, they wona t come\’: St. Joe under scrutiny

Topix SEC News\’Field of Schemes: If you build it, they won\’t come\’: St. Joe under scrutiny 0 January 17, 2011 8:39 PM Chris Segal Florida Freedom Newspapers To respected Wall Street analyst David Einhorn, the value of St.Read full story

FINRA 2010-02-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part I

FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-15: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 Fixed Income Conference Keynote Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part II

Part II of this series focuses on issues related to communications with the public, fees and commissions, and other transaction types. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-04-26: FINRA\’s 2010 Educational Offerings

FINRA staff discuss compliance education and training options that FINRA makes available to the industry.Read full story

FINRA 2010-05-27: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses how FINRA is responding to current issues facing both the industry and investors.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-14: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 1)

The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-28: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 2)

The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-07-19: FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning Template

This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story

SEC Is Said to Probe Fina…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission started a broad investigation involving several financial firms to determine whether they made improper payments to secure investments from sovereign wealth funds, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.Read full story

Wi-Fi hotspot operator Boingo Wireless lays groundwork for initial public offering

Boingo Wireless Inc., which runs Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and other public locations, is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering.Read full story

2. Nevada man claims St. George businessman …

Topix SEC NewsA Nevada man claims St. George businessman and helicopter humanitarian Jeremy Johnson owes him $20 million.Read full story

Indiana businessman agrees to $3M fraud settlement

Topix SEC NewsAn Indiana businessman has agreed to pay $3 million and never run a public company again to settle allegations by regulators that he carried out three separate fraud schemes over 5 years.Read full story

Former Delphi CEO found liable on three of seven charges in civil suit

The former chief executive of Delphi Corp. was cleared Thursday of the most serious charges in a civil trial tied to allegations of financial fraud at the auto-parts maker in 2000.Read full story

January 12, 2011, issue

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January 14, 2011, issue

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FINRA 2010-02-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part I

FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-15: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 Fixed Income Conference Keynote Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-03-22: Variable Life Settlements and Transactions in Related Investment Products - Your Firm\’s Obligations - Part II

Part II of this series focuses on issues related to communications with the public, fees and commissions, and other transaction types. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story

FINRA 2010-04-26: FINRA\’s 2010 Educational Offerings

FINRA staff discuss compliance education and training options that FINRA makes available to the industry.Read full story

FINRA 2010-05-27: Rick Ketchum\’s 2010 FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Address

FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses how FINRA is responding to current issues facing both the industry and investors.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-14: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 1)

The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-06-28: FINRA\’s 2010 Examination Priorities (Part 2)

The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story

FINRA 2010-07-19: FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning Template

This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story

January 2011 Quarterly Disciplinary Review

Revisit the latest FINRA Notices, compliance resources and news from December 2010.Read full story

SEC starved for reform funds

Topix SEC NewsThe Securities and Exchange Commission is so cash-strapped that it has delayed key parts of the financial reform bill passed last year by Congress — and is curtailing some of its normal operations.Read full story