1. On March 3, 2025, Reuters reported that the SEC is offering some employees $50,000 if they choose to resign or to retire under an early retirement program, according to an agency memo. The SEC and other federal agencies have been looking at ways to cut staff and costs to meet demands from President Donald … Read More
1. On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department’s final rule will go into effect that prohibits all U.S. persons from engaging in certain transactions involving technologies and products in China that pose a national security threat to the United States. Covered technologies fall into three categories: semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies and artificial … Read More
1. On November 27, 2024, the SEC announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 14 soliciting entities, two impersonators of genuine firms, and four bogus regulators. The SEC’s list of soliciting entities that have been the subject of investor complaints, known as the Public … Read More
1. On October 31, 2024, the SEC instituted administrative proceedings against J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (“JP Morgan”), a registered investment adviser, for engaging in or caused 65 prohibited principal trades with a combined notional value of approximately $8.2 billion and which included approximately $22,000 in spreads. To conduct these trades, a JP Morgan portfolio … Read More
1. On September 27, 2024, the SEC instituted administrative proceedings against Moloney Securities Co., Inc. (“Moloney”), Donald Hancock (“Hancock”), David La Grange (“La Grange”), and Laura Barnes (“Barnes”) who failed to comply with Regulation Best Interest (“Regulation BI”) in connection with recommendations of corporate bonds called “L Bonds” offered by GWG Holdings, Inc. (“GWG”) to … Read More
1. On August 30, 2024, the SEC charged Wisdom Capital Management Group Ltd. (“Wisdom”) for making material misrepresentations and unsubstantiated statements in SEC Form ADV regarding Wisdom’s organization, office location, assets under management and clients. Wisdom failed to respond to requests to provide records to substantiate the information on the Form ADV. This matter is … Read More
1. On July 30, 2024, the SEC instituted administrative proceedings against Western International Securities, Inc., a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer. Western failed to enforce its policies and procedures in connection with Regulation Best Interest. Christopher Kennedy, a then-registered representative at Western employed a risky day trading strategy in the accounts of several of his … Read More