- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-04-21T17:46:00
Staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a bulletin Thursday addressing standards of conduct for broker-dealers and investment advisers in addressing their care obligations under Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and the Investment Advisers Act.
Reg BI, which took effect in 2020, requires financial professionals to act in the best interests of a customer when offering investment strategies involving securities. Compliance with the rule was highlighted by the SEC earlier this year as an area of examination priority in 2023 after examiners in January issued a risk alert listing deficiencies they found in broker-dealer’s efforts under the rule.
A key tenet of Reg BI is its care obligations, which require investment advisers to:
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