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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.
This legislation would prohibit securities fraud cases against public companies but being heard in state courts. These actions would be limited to federal courts.
This legislation would give enforcement targets the right to force the SEC to move their cases from the agency's ALJ setting to federal courts.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) is proposing to amend the de minimis exception within the ‘‘swap dealer’’ definition in the Commission’s regulations by: ...
The CFTC is amending the Commission’s regulations relating to access to swap data held by swap data repositories (‘‘SDRs’’). The amendments implement pertinent provisions of ...
The Division of Investment Management staff has updated the “Staff Responses to Questions About the Custody Rule” to provide additional guidance regarding specific questions relating ...
One view holds that the complex and costly Volcker rule must be changed to more easily permit hedging and market making. The second view fears ...
Not disclosing a side letter agreement with two affiliated outside asset managers entitling a New York-based investment adviser to quarterly payments based on a percentage ...
No one questions that the number of OCIE exams of advisers is increasing, and even more may occur should SEC Chairman Jay Clayton coax more ...
The Specialized Information Publishers Association bestowed two awards on IA Watch June 6. We won a second place award for Best Spot News for a ...
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