Wrap Fee

Advisers did not monitor the trading activity in clients’ accounts or their monitoring activities were ineffective

The settlement touches on violations of the adviser's fiduciary duty, undisclosed 12b-1 fees, errant fee calculations, suitability, hidden revenue sharing, conflicts, as well as sweep ...

In a Wrap Program, we generally receive from .125% to 1.00% in annual compensation, depending on the program sponsor, type of account

The dual registrant will now pay a $5 million penalty

Clients, however, did not have this information available to them because execution costs from trading away were not visible to clients on their account documents ...

BB&T Investment Services failed to disclose sufficient facts to enable clients to determine that the compensation arrangement between BB&T Investment Services and the Affiliated Adviser ...

A new settlement with an adviser first caught up in an OCIE sweep exam launched four years ago looking at wrap fee programs attests to ...

This matter arises from Lockwood’s failure to adopt and implement policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the Advisers Act and the rules ...

One aftermath of the surge in OCIE exams is that the percentage of reviews referred to the SEC’s Enforcement Division has fallen to a low ...

A peer shares the OCIE document request letter received by the firm. This one concentrates on wrap fee programs. It also featured an example of ...