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Home Sweet Home

Posted on March 30, 2024

This June, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) will permit a broker-dealer to designate a home office as a “Residential Supervisory Locations” (RSL) within its supervisory structures. (While this is certainly welcome news, as Vince Neil will tell you, just when things went right, it doesn't mean they were always wrong.) The...

Obvious Facts and Bad Company

Posted on November 8, 2023

Fresh off the presses is "Obvious Facts and Bad Company", which I co-wrote for the National Society of Compliance Professionals' (NSCP) October 2023 edition of Currents. There we offer various tips and resources for compliance professionals to conduct OSINT. Read more: Wealth Compliance Leaders Yet Another Assortment of . . .

Wealth Compliance Leaders

Posted on August 2, 2023

Our F3 workouts typically begin at 0530, which leads the smart aleck in me to quip that it is probably better for everyone involved that they can't see me very well. I guess the joke is on me. It was my pleasure to spend some time on camera with Parham Nasseri,...

Yet Another Assortment of . . .

Posted on May 23, 2023

Brain Droppings! George Carlin’s Brain Droppings is an inspiration for my micro-blog on LinkedIn. Below are some of my most recent posts. The Financial Professionals Coalition, Ltd. For those of you in the registered investment adviser or broker-dealer space,...

More Thoughts, Ideas and uh, Brain Droppings

Posted on April 28, 2023

As noted time and time again, George Carlin’s Brain Droppings is as an inspiration for my micro-blog on LinkedIn. There I frequently comment on events affecting the broker-dealer and registered investment adviser communities. And there have...

Another Batch of Brain Droppings

Posted on March 24, 2023

George Carlin’s philosophy tome, Brain Droppings, is as an inspiration for my micro-blog on LinkedIn. Below are some of my most recent posts. Firms Face Choppy Water Navigating SEC Compliance Dates “Regulation does not exist in a vacuum.” I appreciate Investment Adviser Association President Barr saying very publicly (and to...

My January Brain Droppings

Posted on March 20, 2023

George Carlin was one of our best modern-day philosophers, and his book Brain Droppings served as an inspiration for my micro-blog on LinkedIn. Below are some of my posts for January. FINRA Amends FINRA Rule 2231 I have not heard anyone exclaim "Oh good, my securities account statement is here!"...

Yet Even More Brain Droppings – Broker-Dealer Edition

Posted on February 19, 2023

Comedians are some of our best modern-day philosophers, and as I noted earlier, George Carlin was one of the best. He captured his musings, beliefs, etc. in many books. One of which is Brain Droppings, which...

Even More Brain Droppings – Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Edition

Posted on January 30, 2023

I am convinced that if Plato was alive, then he would be spending his time at the D.C. Improv whenever he came to town. Yesterday’s philosophers are today’s comedians, and as I noted earlier, George Carlin was one of the best. Carlin captured his -uh- philosophy in many tomes, including Brain Droppings, which I shamelessly...

More Brain Droppings – Digital Assets Edition

Posted on January 24, 2023

Comedians are some of our best modern-day philosophers, and as I noted earlier, George Carlin was one of the best of the best. He captured his musings, beliefs, etc. in many books. One of which is Brain Droppings, which I shamelessly stole as an inspiration for my micro-blog on LinkedIn. FTX’s implosion has thrust cryptocurrencies and...