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The SEC has 79 advisory committee members, but only three of them are black and one is Latino, according to a review by the House Financial Services Committee.
The move to eliminate commissions at some brokerages will result in heightened scrutiny by FINRA examiners of alternative revenue sources, including cash sweep accounts and payment for order flow.
Gov. Charlie Baker raised questions about Massachusetts Commonwealth Secretary William Galvin's proposed fiduciary rule in a comment letter delivered on Tuesday.
The concerns were raised in a report released by the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations detailing its priorities for exams in 2020.
FINRA claims Oppenheimer clients may have incurred more than $3.8 million in extra fees that they would not have had to pay if they had held their UIT positions to their maturity dates.
Regulators stressed they'd be looking for 'good faith' efforts from firms in achieving compliance as the implementation date for the SEC rule arrives in June 2020.