The Securities and Exchange Commission today revealed that it would resume the general public remark duration for a proposed guideline that looks for to boost securities of consumer properties handled by signed up financial investment consultants. The proposed rulemaking would widen the application of the existing financial investment advisor custody guideline beyond customer funds and securities to consist of any customer properties in a financial investment advisor’s belongings or when a financial investment advisor has authority to acquire belongings of customer properties, according to the firm. Like the existing guideline, it would turn over the safekeeping of customer properties to certified custodians, consisting of specific banks or broker-dealers.
The preliminary remark duration ended on May 8. With today’s choice, the SEC will take remarks for an extra 60 days after the date of publication of the resuming in the Federal Register. The firm stated the broadened time for remarks would permit interested celebrations more time to examine the concerns and prepare remarks.
The American Bankers Association, ABA Securities Association and 2 other trade groups in May advised the SEC to withdraw the guideline and re-propose it to more straight address particular circumstances where the existing guideline stops working to make sure proper financier defense. “The proposed rule suggests broad and complex changes that represent a fundamental departure from current industry practice, and, if finalized, would cause significant harm to investors and financial markets,” the groups stated.
