SEC SCHOOLS ADVISORS ON BEST INTEREST OBLIGATIONS; “TO DO” LIST FOR FIXED INCOME PRINCIPAL AND CROSS TRADES; COMPLEX PRODUCT AND FORM CRS FAILS

September Regulatory Updates from Cari Hopsfenperger at Foreside.

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You Can’t Handle the Truth: A Few Good Enforcement Actions from the SEC and FINRA in July 2021

From Brian Rubin and Amanda Oliveira in this month’s column for NSCP Currents:

As this year marks the 30th anniversary of the filming of the movie A Few Good Men, we thought it would make sense to revisit that film, which involved “honor, code, loyalty,” trials, good guys, bad guys, and moral ambiguity. In other words, it involved most of the elements we regularly see in SEC and FINRA enforcement cases. And it involved one of the most iconic speeches ever to appear in a movie.  (For those who haven’t seen the movie, the speech involved handling—or the inability to handle—the “truth.”)

Can you handle the truth about the SEC and FINRA enforcement actions brought in July 2021. . . Read more here.