On April 17, 2019 the New Jersey Bureau of Securities issued a proposal to require that retail broker dealers use the “fiduciary rule” in their dealings with customers. The rule proposal will also codify the fact that investment advisors already operate under the fiduciary rule. This will mean that in…
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REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR GUILTY OF INVESTMENT FRAUD RELATED TO PONZI SCHEME
Hector May, a registered investment advisor and 40 years securities industry veteran, pled guilty in federal court in New York in December 2018 to two counts of securities fraud. These securities fraud charges included conspiracy to commit wire fraud and investment advisor fraud. The former investment advisor faces up to…
New Jersey Implementing New Fiduciary Rule for Broker Dealers
The rules governing registered investment advisors and their fiduciary obligation to retail investors is undergoing change in New Jersey. Roughly 2,100 broker-dealers and 205,000 licensed investment advisors are based in New Jersey. The new governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy has an extensive background in the securities industry, working in…