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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.
Brokers, mutual funds, futures commission merchants and commodities introducing brokers have until May 2018 to begin to ask new clients opening accounts who their beneficial ...
FINRA fired another shot across the bow in its on-going battle to protect senior investors.   The target this time: pension-income stream products.   The SRO ...
Another broker-dealer has been sanctioned for failing to waive mutual fund sales charges for eligible charitable organizations and retirement accounts. But it avoided additional financial ...
It never hurts to hear from your regulator where your peers have fallen short.   SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney pointed to “certain problematic conduct ...
The Department of Labor’s final fiduciary rule gave the industry more than one year to fully comply but already some are worrying that that won’t ...
FinCEN is issuing final rules under the Bank Secrecy Act to clarify and strengthen customer due diligence requirements for: Banks; brokers or dealers in securities; ...
The OCC, Board, FDIC, FHFA, NCUA, and SEC (the Agencies) are seeking comment on a joint proposed rule (the proposed rule) to revise the proposed ...
As the presidential election season turns toward a two-person race, a new pay-to-play case suggests you ask candidates about their political contributions before you extend ...
SEC chair Mary Jo White has said the Commission is looking to finalize this year its first-ever major update to its regulations covering alternative trading ...
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