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Investment Management Law: Monthly Archives for September 2011

SEC's Exam Staff Warns BDs about Master/Sub-Accounts

SEC Charges Fund Sub-Adviser for Knowingly Mis-Using Soft Dollar Credits

Adviser Charged with Overstating AUM and Hiding Financial Position

BD CCO Charged with Failure to Supervise

Chairman/Controlling Shareholder of Quant Manager Barred from Industry for Concealing Programming Error in Risk Model

SEC Charges Solicitor with Failing to Conduct Proper Due Diligence

FINRA Releases Info about New Series 99 Operations Exam

NASAA's New President Vows to Defend State Regulatory Authority

SEC Pursues "Independent" RIA for Failing to Disclose Payments

Massachusetts Requires Certification from Expert Network Firms

FINRA Chairman Makes Strong Case for Adviser SRO

SEC Staff Offers Relief for Pay-to-Play Recordkeeping Requirements

FINRA Says that Handling Fees are Commissions

Private Equity Exec Charged with Mis-Allocating Investment Opportunities to Personal Fund

SEC Seeks Input on 1940 Act Exemptions for Mortgage and Asset-Backed Issuers

SEC Solicits Info to Consider More Derivatives Regulation for Funds