Despite a White House administration in place advocating for rollbacks of regulations, both the SEC and FINRA have not slowed the pace of exams or detailing priorities for enforcing regulations already on the books. Further, new areas of concern have regulators scrambling. Founder and President Amy Lynch cites cryptocurrencies as one of them. She explains that the potential impact on markets and harm to retail investors have made cryptocurrencies a new priority for regulators. See InvestmentNews, “Cutting through the red tape of adviser regulation is tricky“
