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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.
An avalanche of eight enforcement actions from the CFTC has hit traders around the world, plus three of the planet’s largest financial services firms.   ...
This is an initial document request letter sent to an investment adviser located within the SEC's Philadelphia Regional Office.
A peer passes along the firm's initial document request letter from a recent SEC exam. This came out of the SEC's Philadelphia Regional Office.
If a material change occurs at your firm that triggers a prompt update of your Form ADV, be ready to encounter many more new questions ...
Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies may be all the rage but the SEC’s Division of Investment Management states to slow down.   Two advisers that sought ...
When hard times pummeled AmericaFirst Capital Management ($93M in AUM) of Roseville, Calif., the adviser turned to its clients to keep it afloat. The problem ...
Two years ago, the number of private equity funds topped hedge funds, and that trend continues as evidenced by the release of the latest aggregate ...
To their supporters, compensated non-attorney reps—aka NAR firms—are one of the few ways that a small investor can recoup losses in arbitration. To their detractors, ...
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