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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.
A peer shares the firm's policy regarding reporting of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. As of this time, investment advisers aren't mandated to report FBARs.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing amendments to its forms designed to improve the reporting and disclosure of liquidity information by registered open-end investment ...
A reflection of how Washington works these days can be seen in the SEC Commission meeting March 14. It marked the first time a full ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”) is proposing to conduct a Transaction Fee Pilot for National Market System (“NMS”) stocks to study the ...
Schwab shares guidance to help advisers navigate new SEC releases on the complex custody rule.
An appeals court has followed the instruction of the U.S. Supreme Court and severely reduced an adviser’s fine for ripping off clients so as to ...
When the SEC changed the face of its custody rule last year, advisers and custodians were forced to act. Among the revisions made by Pershing Adviser ...
The confusing custody rule may seem even more opaque after hearing about the $60,000 fine assessed against Financial Fiduciaries ($141M in AUM) in Wausau, Wis., ...
You may ask what a non-profit group that works to ensure Tennessee walking horses aren’t harmed has to with an investment adviser barred by an ...
At FINRA, fraud is top of mind, judging by the SRO’s 2018 annual priorities letter (BD Watch, Jan. 11, 2018). But that covers a multitude ...
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