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Heather Ayers

Heather Ayers, Publisher | 202-908-6194 | Heather has been the publisher of Regulatory Compliance Watch since 2008. She 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). She has worked at newspapers, in television news and in healthcare journalism. Heather hails from New Jersey, earned her master's degree from Northwestern University and enjoys playing guitar, working out and traveling.
It is our privilege to share with you the 2018 examination priorities of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities ...
The newest list of OCIE exam priorities resembles past ones in that many of the topics match what the agency put out last year. But ...
All this storyโ€™s missing is the screenwriter. ย  The real-life characters include a failed politician turned skillful fraudster. He heads to prison next month. Add ...
Advocates holler that FinTech will drive the future of financial services. But first you have to define what it is. ย  The term โ€œis vague ...
The client, a retired businessman in his 80s, had been with Morgan Stanley for decades before James Polese became his rep eight years ago. The ...
Merrill Lynchโ€™s decision late last year to pay $26 million to settle allegations relating to its anti-money laundering program shows the problems large firms face ...
Mark Twain famously stated that there are three kinds of lies: โ€œlies, damned lies, and statistics.โ€ That saying comes to mind with news that CFTC ...
An avalanche of eight enforcement actions from the CFTC has hit traders around the world, plus three of the planetโ€™s largest financial services firms. ย  ...
This is an initial document request letter sent to an investment adviser located within the SEC's Philadelphia Regional Office.
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