With less than 4 months remaining on the Client Focused Reforms (CFR) journey, investment dealers and advisors will be taking final steps to meet their KYP requirements. Throughout this journey, InvestorCOM met with more than 50 dealers and helped dozens meet their KYP requirements. Join us on October 6 at 1 pm ET to hear […]
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Prior to the Reg BI implementation deadline, many saw the principled-based regulation as the most significant enhancement of conduct standards since the passing of the Securities Act. Fast forward to today, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has conducted several fact-finding exercises, onboarded key personnel and begun to take noticeable enforcement action. In short, […]
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Over the past decade, the wealth management industry has grappled with a fair share of regulatory change. For many, the mushrooming regulatory change is no longer an exception, but an expectation. In the past year, many wealth managers and financial professionals were focused on meeting the requirements of Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI). In summary, […]
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RolloverAnalyzer™ enables financial professionals to consistently document and disclose rollover recommendations. Toronto, ON, August 2, 2021 – InvestorCOM, the leading provider of regulatory compliance software and communications solutions for the financial services industry, today launched RolloverAnalyzer™ a cloud-based application for rollovers to help financial professionals comply with the SEC’s Reg BI and the Department of […]
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Why segmenting product shelves into peer groups can help meet regulatory challenges The requirement for advisors to have enhanced KYP processes is ramping up with the client-focused reforms. Beginning in December, all investment recommendations made by an advisor must be filtered through a lens that considers reasonably available alternatives. Furthermore, this analysis must be documented […]
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On-Demand Webinar The DOL and the SEC are increasingly focusing on rollover recommendations and their impact on investors. The DOL’s PTE 2020-02 expands the definition of fiduciary advice when recommending rollovers. While the SEC encourages documentation, the DOL makes documentation an explicit requirement of its proposed prohibited transaction exemption for fiduciary investment advice. Get ready […]
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Algorithm-based rating eliminates advisor guesswork when making compliant investment recommendations; provides supervision teams with unprecedented oversight. Toronto, ON, July 6, 2021 – InvestorCOM, the leading provider of regulatory compliance software and communications solutions for the financial services industry, today announced that a Peer Rating capability has been added to InvestorCOM PeerCompare to help advisors […]
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Recently, InvestorCOM hosted a webinar with “Client Focused Reforms: Implementing KYP” featuring Rebecca Cowdery and Michael Taylor from BLG, Richard Wylie from Assante Wealth Management, and Parham Nasseri and Dave Carr-Pries from InvestorCOM where they discussed approaches firms can take to meet their KYP obligation. There was tremendous interest in this topic and we ran […]
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With Reg BI examinations and enforcement actions expected to increase in 2021, firms are looking to meet the Care Obligation’s requirement of assessing “reasonably available alternatives”. In this on-demand webinar, our panel of experts will take a deeper dive into a consistent and repeatable process for assessing costs and a reasonable range of alternatives at […]
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ShelfAnalyzer™ empowers firms to establish a best interest product shelf in support of regulatory requirements. Toronto, ON, April 15, 2021 – InvestorCOM, the leading provider of regulatory compliance software and communications solutions for the financial services industry, today announced the availability of a new competitive assessment capability within ShelfMonitor, InvestorCOM’s product shelf management tool. ShelfAnalyzer™ […]
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