There have been some developments this week in a few matters on which I have previously offered my views. To help you stay on the cutting edge of financial world current events as you mingle at your upcoming Cinco de Mayo fiestas, here are three updates. Two, not surprisingly, represent wins for the regulators. The
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FINRA’s New Debt Research Report Rule, Or, In Other Words, When The Concept Of Managing “Conflicts Of Interest” Became Reality
By Alan Wolper on
Much like some people (well, me, anyway) enjoy debating what was the first “punk rock” song to go mainstream (Pump It Up, by Elvis Costello, of course), others more erudite than I prefer, instead, to argue about what it was that initially propelled FINRA down its current Enforcement oriented path. To me, the answer has…