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Treasury’s Record $4.3B Crypto Exchange Fine Adds to Pressure on Digital Assets
Treasury’s Record $4.3B Crypto Exchange Fine Adds to Pressure on Digital Assets - Kim Shaw Elliott, Chief Investment Officer, November 29, 2023 (PDF)
Crypto Remains Massive Compliance Risk for Retirement Fiduciaries
Crypto Remains Massive Compliance Risk for Retirement Fiduciaries - Kim Shaw Elliott, PLANADVISER, November 27, 2023 (PDF)
SEC Case Highlights Why Fiduciaries Should Be Cautious About Crypto
SEC Case Highlights Why Fiduciaries Should Be Cautious About Crypto - Kim Shaw Elliott, PLANSPONSOR, November 22, 2023 (PDF)
SEC Charges Against Kraken Identify Specific Tokens as Securities
SEC Charges Against Kraken Identify Specific Tokens as Securities - Kim Shaw Elliott, PLANADVISER, November 22, 2023 (PDF)
The SEC Fires All Guns Against a Crypto Platform Plan Fiduciaries Should Take Note
By Kim Shaw Elliott The SEC announced November 20 that it has charged Payward Inc. and Payward Ventures, Inc. (together “Kraken”, an online crypto platform) with a litany of securities registration...
Secure Act 2.0 Litany of Retirement Change Presents Employers Enhanced Retirement Opportunities for Employees
Secure Act 2.0 Litany of Retirement Change Presents Employers Enhanced Retirement Opportunities for Employee - Marcia Wagner, Dannae Delano, Alexander Olsen, Kim Shaw Elliott and Barry Salkin,...
If You Give Rollover Advice to IRA Owners Act Now: The Compliance Deadline Has Passed
If You Give Rollover Advice to IRA Owners Act Now: The Compliance Deadline Has Passed - Marcia S. Wagner and Kim Shaw Elliott, Investment & Wealth Institute, September/October 2022
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Taxpayers Beware
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Taxpayers Beware: Don’t Let a Mismatch between Your State’s Tax Laws and the Federal Rules for Deducting Contributions Result in Overpaying Your State Tax...
DOL Drops ‘Bomb’ On Advisors Who Give Advice To IRA Owners
DOL Drops ‘Bomb’ On Advisors Who Give Advice To IRA Owners - Km Shaw Elliott, InsuranceNewsNet, October 22, 2021
SEC Extracts $96M Settlement from TIAA Subsidiary for Rollover Practices – This is Only the Beginning
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) beat the Department of Labor (“DOL”) to the punch and announced a major settlement with a broker dealer arising from its rollover practices. In what is...
More Investors Qualify to Purchase Unregistered Securities… But What Will the Expanded Definition of “Accredited Investor” Really Change for BDs and RIAs?
By Kimberly Shaw Elliott Registered representatives and investment adviser representatives may soon purchase for themselves the unregistered products they recommend to other investors, without proof...
PANDEMIC and Broker-Dealer/Recordkeepers and Advisors… Chances Are, Your Business Continuity Plan Did Not Fully Address This…
By Stephen Wilkes, Kimberly Shaw Elliot and Seth Gaudreau In uncertain times like these where the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 seems to be impacting everything, broker-dealers, investment advisory...