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Stephen Pope, Senior Vice President of Red Oak Compliance will be discussing Books and Records: Regulatory Reporting in the SANDBOX today at 10am PST and tomorrow, Thursday, November 8th at…
Submitted by: Joshua Kelly, Compliance Consultant, Red Oak Compliance Solutions On July 26, the price of Bitcoin fell 3 percent after the SEC rejected an attempt to create the first…
Submitted by: Brian Mills, Compliance Consultant, Red Oak Compliance Solutions The Securities and Exchange Commission recently instituted five separate settled proceedings against two SEC-registered investment advisers, three investment adviser representatives,…
Submitted by: Scotty Franks, Senior Compliance Consultant, Red Oak Compliance Solutions The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) fined deVere USA, Inc. (‘DVU”) $8 million for failure to stay in compliance…
Submitted by: Joshua Kelly, Compliance Consultant, Red Oak Compliance Solutions In recent months, the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) has taken a hardline stance against the blockchain-based online transaction systems…
By Matthew Edward Regulations present wealth managers, stockbrokers, and other financial professionals with a complex minefield of rules to maneuver through if they want to properly serve investors. Fortunately, regulatory…
With the rapid growth of the crypto currency industry, many questions remain. One primary concern is just how are coins/tokens being issued, distributed and sold and how are federal securities…
State securities regulators in Alabama and Massachusetts led an investigation into LPL Financial LLC’s (“LPL”) failure to establish and maintain policies and procedures to prevent the sale of unregistered, non-exempt…
The world of cryptocurrencies is wrought by “a persistently expanding exploitation of the crypto ecosystem by fraudsters.” So much so that the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) recently announced…
Last month, the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) instituted cease and desist proceedings against PNC Investments LLC (PNCI), a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer, due to violations…
On May 2, 2018 the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the launch of an additional online search feature that is designed to enable investors to research whether the person trying…
In an April 18th Press Release from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) they are seeking public comment (over the next 90 days following publication in the Federal Register) regarding…
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