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Hugh Kennedy

Hugh has 35 years of expertise in the financial services industry, with publishing and legal research experience spanning the public company, investment adviser, broker-dealer, credit union and banking industries. As a senior-level manager, award-winning writer and conference speaker, he has covered key issues stemming from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Department of Labor, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, NCUA, banking agencies, Capitol Hill, NASAA and other regulators. He has developed and created a number of new publications, online databases and value-added portals serving the needs of financial industry professionals.
A proposed rule change aimed at providing broker-dealers with a way to quickly respond to situations in which they have a “reasonable basis” to believe ...
When the president of Valentine Capital Asset Management ($367 in AUM) lost his ability to earn commissions from a managed futures fund, he simply created ...
The SEC has confirmed that it has succeeded in bolstering its staffing in the investment adviser/investment company exam program by roughly 20%. The Commission had ...
Artis Financial Management was at least proactive in having a written policy requiring its employees to notify the firm’s CCO of any potential material nonpublic ...
The SEC approved Oct. 19 a FINRA rule proposal that will require broker-dealers to report transactions in U.S. Treasury securities through the TRACE system. A ...
Despite having multiple policies dating back to 2008, Bank Leumi’s progress in following the policies and exiting their U.S. cross-border securities business was too slow ...
The inaccurate reporting of millions of trades over the course of almost five years has now cost Merrill Lynch $2.8 million. FINRA fined the firm ...
Sweeping reforms aimed at enhancing transparency and modernizing reporting requirements for mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other registered companies have been adopted by the SEC. The ...
The SEC has reached a new single year high in the number of enforcement actions brought in a fiscal year.  The Commission announced Oct. 11 ...
Along with adopting and implementing written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the federal securities laws and designating a CCO to administer ...
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