California’s attorney general has released “redlines” to its Consumer Privacy Act, which holds an enforcement date of July 1, 2020. Read More

Find out if your password is on the list of "most hacked passwords from 2019." Hint, if you're using "password," you should stop immediately. Read More

To help you get a jump start on planning your compliance training calendar for the year, we’ve identified ten fan-favorite courses from our catalog that correlate with the areas of risk identified in this year’s priorities letters. Read More

What better way to jump into a new compliance year then by recapping our top ten Firm Element courses from 2019? Read More

According to OCIE’s 2020 examination priority list, new investment advisors and those investment advisors registered but never examined prior, can expect a greater likelihood of examination in 2020. Read More

This year’s letter focused on broker-dealers’ compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and the Customer Relationship Summary, or Form CRS. Read More

Allow us to introduce Super CE, a unique live CE delivery method that grants advisors several hours of CE in just one-hour of classroom time. In this article we discuss what Super CE is, how it works and why advisors prefer taking it over other traditional learning methods. Read More

The California consumer privacy law takes effect on January 1, 2020. In this article, we discuss who it affects, key provisions of the act and ways your firm can prepare. Read More

According to FINRA’s November Disciplinary Actions Notice, a registered representative was fined $3,000, suspended for three months and ordered to attend and satisfactorily complete 10 hours of continuing education (CE) for failing to complete his Firm Element continuing education.  Read More

FINRA recently announced the consolidation of its three exam functions into a single, unified program—a process that began in October 2018. Read More