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      <title><![CDATA[Ketchum says FINRA is ready for a fiduciary standard ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority chairman and chief executive Rick Ketchum told Complinet that FINRA is prepared for a proposed law that would let it examine the advisory businesses of dually registered broker-dealers and investment advisers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Feds bust 14 Wall Streeters over insider trading]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Manhattan federal prosecutors have charged 14 Wall Street professionals and lawyers, including one trader nicknamed "Octopussy" for having his hands into so many sources of information, with taking part in an alleged $20m insider-trading ring.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Informer: Views across the Citi]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126325</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Exclusive analysis from Complinet's Informer magazine for subscribers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FATF report on the securities sector a valuable resource]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126295</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Financial Action Task Force recently released a report that assesses the money laundering and terrorist financing risks that exist in the securities industry.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate bill addressing beneficial ownership yields spirited hearing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126344</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs yesterday heard impassioned testimony regarding a Senate bill aimed at forcing states to gather beneficial ownership information during the company incorporation process.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suspected St Louis fraudster sent structured money orders to the Middle East, prosecutors say]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three locksmiths have been charged with fraud, structuring and money laundering for their alleged roles in a scheme to overcharge customers of Dependable Locks Inc, a Florida-based firm that manages a national network of locksmiths.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OFAC targets Malaysia-based subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has blacklisted First East Export Bank, a Malaysia-based financial institution OFAC says is a subsidiary of Iran's state-owned Bank Mellat.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[US whistleblowers: financial incentives are on deck ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126203</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Following on from its "New Foundation" proposals in June, the Obama Administration has introduced a new bill in Congress cited as the Investor Protection Act of 2009 (PDF), which will make a number of changes to the regulatory powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[House votes to immediately implement the rest of the Credit CARD Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126309</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The House voted 331-92 Wednesday to move the implementation deadline for the remaining provisions of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act from February and August 2010 to the date the law is signed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analyzing the pros and cons of a ban on mandatory arbitration clauses in the securities industry    ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=125910</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The number of new arbitrations filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority through August 2009 is up 65 percent over the same time period last year.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FINRA bars investment banker for insider trading ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126307</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has barred an investment banker for engaging in insider trading in the shares of an issuer his firm was advising in connection with dealing with potential acquirers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[House committee passes fiduciary duty, FINRA oversight over dual-registrant IAs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126310</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The House Financial Services Committee voted 41-28 Wednesday to pass the Investor Protection Act, which gives the Securities and Exchange Commission more authority, some of which will be shared with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SEC charges firm, executives over bribe scheme to get muni bond, swap deals]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126308</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A scheme to bribe Jefferson County, Alabama officials to obtain municipal bond offerings and swap agreement transactions will cost JP Morgan Securities $722m, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge throws book at Ponzi schemer who enjoyed an 'orgy of self-indulgence']]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126297</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Los Angeles-area man who orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that bilked 63 investors in California and Texas out of $44.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexican kingpin gets just deserts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126300</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Mexican kingpin who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering charges has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[British Virgin Islands' new bearer share regime]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126159</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A significant amount of attention has recently been given to the new bearer share regime in the British Virgin Islands, which comes into effect as at the end of this year.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Impact analysis: proposed Federal Reserve supervisory guidance on incentive compensation ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126252</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While much of the world focuses on moves to restrain compensation practices at large TARP-financed institutions, the Federal Reserve on October 22 issued proposed "supervisory guidance" for bankers' pay which will have far more wide-ranging effects.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Complinet US summit: what will the Fed do?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126262</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite Complinet consultant Nick Paraskeva's efforts to describe the path of the Obama Administration's reform proposals winding through Congress, one of the least certain aspects is the future role of the Federal Reserve.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Frank tells bank regulators to ease up ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126261</link>
      <description><![CDATA[House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass) and Idaho Democrat, Walt Minnick, accused federal bank examiners of being "inappropriately tougher" in analyzing asset quality and excessively downgrading loans to the detriment of the economy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OFAC removes three 'former terrorist supporters' from blacklist pursuant to UN review process]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=126253</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has taken the unusual step of removing one person and two entities from its list of "terrorist supporters".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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