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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.
Times Square when 6 ft social distancing was a myth. Captured this while enjoying an open air bus ride in this magnificent and lively place. It is one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.
InSight advertised hypothetical performance on its public website without adopting and implementing policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the hypothetical performance was relevant ...
Hispanic worker falling on stairs while holding cordless drill
On its public website and on various social media sites, GeaSphere included a promotional video called “The GeaSphere Difference” that made false and misleading statements
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What's hot on current SEC exams, suggestions for extracted performance, a possible solution to the challenge of off-channel communications, and much more
Senior Architect with his team reviewing blueprint in the office. Looking at digital tablet and blueprints.
A source tells us of a new inquiry seen in a current exam. Examiners are probing the use of so-called 'shared work platforms,' like Google ...
Business statistics concept. Marketing. Analysis. Management strategy.
You may not always agree with your regulator’s stance but you often have little choice but to heed it
Project management, leadership and planning with business people in meeting for marketing strategy, consulting and teamwork. Collaboration, growth and future with employees in office for research
Compliance officers must remain vigilant, and their bosses need to provide “the proper resources” to compliance departments, counseled the SEC Division of Examinations Director Richard ...
Senior couple consults with female real estate agent
The QPAM Exemption permits an investment fund holding assets of ERISA plans and IRAs that is managed by a ‘qualified professional asset manager’ (QPAM) to ...
"A proposed FINRA rule could exacerbate the problem by preventing non-lawyers from getting compensated to represent investors in arbitration proceedings"
Woman using laptop while sitting at home.
This final rule modernizes the internet advisers' rules to account for the evolution in technology and the investment advisory industry since the initial adoption of ...
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Gain ideas from this adviser's code of ethics
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