New Links Will Help Users Manage iRecs Projects Watson Wheatley, a London-based provider of securities reconciliation, and Daymi, an interactive operations playbook provider based in Stockholm, have launched a connectivity partnership that will enable operations teams to better manage recurring projects, routines and tasks, officials say. “Using the API [application programming interface] connection that… Read More >>
Wedbush Pays $16M to Resolve Recordkeeping Problems
Accusations don’t equal proof of guilt. Lawyers for a certain much-indicted ex-president will tell you that. However, multiple accusations by credible accusers aren’t a particularly good look, whether for a politician or a registered futures commission merchant. Which brings us to Wedbush Securities. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently ordered Los Angeles-based Wedbush Securities… Read More >>
SS&C Bolsters Tier 1 CRM Platform & Other News
SS&C’s Tier 1 Gains Users & Features The Tier 1 capital markets and investment banking customer relationship management (CRM) platform from SS&C Technologies has been enhanced, has more than 1,000 new end-users, and has the support of more staff members, officials say. The new features “include improved data insights and in-app information delivery,” officials… Read More >>
Fund Fees Fell in 2022 & Other News
Investors Fled to Low-Cost Funds: Morningstar Investors paid less in fund fees last year mostly because they went for low-cost funds, according to Morningstar’s U.S. Fund Fee Study, an annual review. “Asset-weighted fund fees fell to 0.37 percent in 2022 from 0.40 percent in 2021. This might not sound like much, but it amounted… Read More >>
Time to Ban Stock Trading by Federal Officials?
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat of New York) and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (Republican of Missouri) have introduced a bill that would “create stringent stock trading bans and disclosure requirements for Congress, senior executive branch officials, and their spouses and dependents.” The Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act prohibits “stock trading, stock ownership, and blind… Read More >>
FINRA Fines LPL $3M for Wire Transfer Woes
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined LPL Financial (LPL) $3 million and ordered the firm to pay $100,000 plus interest in restitution because the firm allegedly “failed to reasonably supervise transfers of customer funds to third parties,” according to the self-regulatory organization (SRO) for U.S. broker-dealers. LPL, a FINRA member since 1973, has… Read More >>
Socium Fund Services Deploys Broadridge’s Sentry & Other News
Socium to Manage Portfolios & Ops via Sentry A private equity and private credit fund administrator, Socium Fund Services reports that it has deployed the Sentry loan portfolio management technology solution from Broadridge Financial Solutions, a post-trade systems, services, and applications provider. Socium will use the Sentry system “to more efficiently manage complex private credit… Read More >>
Citi & FINOS Push for ‘Common Cloud Controls’
Financial services giant Citi and the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) are launching an open standard project that will formulate “consistent controls” for cloud computing cybersecurity, resiliency, and compliance that cloud service providers (CSPs) can use as the basis for a common set of services. The “Common Cloud Controls (CCC)” push is intended to bring… Read More >>
CCOs Worry Most About SEC’s Marketing Rule: Survey
The SEC’s controversial marketing rule, a comprehensive effort to regulate investment advisers’ marketing communications, remains a top concern among the chief compliance officers (CCOs) at these firms, according to the results of the 2023 Investment Management Compliance Testing (IMCT) survey. Nearly three-quarters of survey respondents, or 70.32 percent, chose advertising/marketing as the hottest compliance issue… Read More >>
Raymond James Settles Charges of High Fees for $12M
Raymond James & Associates, Inc., and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. have been ordered to “return $8.25 million, plus interest, to customers who were charged unreasonably high fees.” That is the top-line conclusion of a multi-state investigation of brokers who overcharged investors. Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin, spearheaded the investigation, which also… Read More >>
