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California Securities Lawyer Update: FINRA No Longer Will Require B-D's to Supervise Unaffiliated RIA's
By Erwin J. Shustak, Esq. of Shustak Reynolds & Partners, P.C. posted on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
Erwin J. Shustak
Managing Partner
Location: San Diego, California
New York, New York
Phone: (619) 696-9500 (Ext. 109)
(800) 496-5900 (Ext. 109)
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Erwin J Shustak, Esq.
619.696.9500 ext. 109
[email protected]
Under a FINRA proposal released this week, broker-dealers may no longer be required to supervise the activities of their registered representatives performed at unaffiliated RIA firms. The rule, if adopted, will substantially reduce the burden of B-D’s monitoring the outside business activity of the firm’s brokers performed at unrelated RIA firms. The B-D still would have to approve the representative performing outside business activities at the RIA firm, but, once approved, the B-D would not have any obligation to supervise the work its representative does at that RIA.
FINRA explained the reason for the proposed rule as reducing the supervisory obligations of B-D’s which had been causing “headaches” for FINRA members. The proposal was advanced by FINRA at its December meeting. Some B-D’s praise the proposal; others are concerned about the potential loss of income they have been receiving for supervising outside RIA work by their reps.
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