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Carl Ayers

Carl Ayers Carl Ayers, Publisher | 202-908-6194 | cayers@regcompliancewatch.com Carl has been the publisher of Regulatory Compliance Watch since 2008. He has won several national journalism awards, including for investigative reporting. In 2018, Ayers won two awards - a second place award for Best Spot News for a story reporting Form ADV developments ahead of the SEC (IA Watch, July 6, 2017), and a third place award for Best Investigative Reporting for a series on an adviser that initially fought SEC charges (IA Watch, July 27, 2017). He has worked at newspapers, in television news and in healthcare journalism. Carl hails from New Jersey, earned his master's degree from Northwestern University and enjoys playing guitar, working out and pursuing golf.
“Quite frankly, it’s not if but when these days” that your firm will be hit with a cyber-attack
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"The SEC is seeking comment on crypto custody arrangements by broker-dealers and relating to investment advisers. Custody protections are key to preventing theft of investor assets, ...
"We must ensure that whistleblowers are empowered to come forward when they see misbehavior; that they are appropriately compensated according to the framework established by ...
"I have directed the staff to prepare for the Commission’s consideration later this year potential revisions to these two rules that would address the concerns ...
"We would like to thank Pete Driscoll for his more than two decades of service to the SEC and his leadership of the Division of ...
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The SEC has stated that a firm’s compliance P&Ps should cover business continuity plans
The LP committee should be made up of representative investors. The terms you ask them to review should be at an arm’s length and the ...
Instead of monitoring compliance with Integral’s customer-specific suitability WSPs, Ho merely directed the Integral RRs to have the Customers sign the firm’s standard risk disclosure ...
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