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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.
Acing a test. Winning a game. Picking a great stock.   Who’s beyond a little boasting when one succeeds?   As tempting as this can ...
It’s going on three years since the SEC’s Enforcement Division filed charges claiming The Robare Group ($160M in AUM) in Houston failed to disclose revenue-sharing ...
Mere hours passed after President Trump was sworn in as the 45th President before he issued a memo to agency heads. The brief memo instructed ...
Should you rely on a vendor to keep required records, don’t assume the documents will be there when you need them.   That’s one lesson ...
Stefan Lumiere will learn his fate in May – when he will be sentenced for securities fraud that could keep him behind bars for decades. ...
Say, your Form PF deadline has arrived yet your fund’s auditor hasn’t completed its work. What should you do?   Place “estimated values” for the ...
FINRA has issued a new report assessing the potential operational and regulatory impact of blockchain technology. The report provides a basic overview of blockchain technology ...
A peer shares the firm's document request letter from a recent SEC exam. One topic of interest is whistleblower P&Ps.
The amendments would integrate existing advisory guidance and the amendments to part 9 would also incorporate swap execution facilities (‘‘SEFs’’) and update provisions currently applicable ...
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