Vlada Gurvich
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The skinny on FINRA’s margin overhaul
FINRA’s margin overhaul replaces fixed day trading thresholds with a real-time, exposure-based framework, shifting risk control from static rules to continuous intraday monitoring.
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FinCEN moves to activate whistleblower rewards framework
A proposed rule would turn long-standing statutory promises into a functioning system.
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Canada stress-tests its markets quietly, and passes
A newly released CIRO report has brought fresh attention to the results of its October 2025 industrywide continuity exercises, highlighting their relevance to current regulatory priorities.
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New York bill takes aim at AI ‘phoney professionals’
If a chatbot crosses into licensed territory, New York wants liability to follow, just as it would for a human.
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Forced labor moves to the center of trade enforcement
The US is not opening a typical trade fight. By launching Section 301 investigations into 60 economies over forced labor, it is going after something that sits deeper.
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The SEC’s new arithmetic – fewer cases, sharper consequences
Enforcement at the SEC has slowed in volume, but for those who fall within its narrower focus, the consequences may be more severe than before.
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Podcast: Valerie Mirko on FINRA, due process and her testimony before the House Financial Services Committee
Valerie Mirko discusses how the SEC’s enforcement agenda is evolving under Chair Paul Atkins, and much more.
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FINRA’s future: Reform, absorption, or something in between
As FINRA modernizes into a data-driven, system-embedded overseer, the real question is no longer whether it will survive, but whether it is quietly becoming indistinguishable from the SEC.