BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$868.0M
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Self-Regulating Organization of the Securities Industry
President, Regulatory Services & Operations
Douglas ShulmanNumber of Employees 1,200
Contact Information
1735 K St Northwest
Washington, District of Columbia 20006-1516
(202) 728-8000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Business Associations: 813910
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In First Case of Its Kind, NASD Charges Former Securities America Broker With Misleading Union Retirement Plans About Receipt of More Than $280,000 in Improper Directed Brokerage Commissions, Other Payments
To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSTo: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS
A "TIC"ING TIME BOMB: RULE 506 MEETS SECTION 1031
I. INTRODUCTION In 2002, the Internal Revenue Service issued Rev. Proc. 2002-22, clarifying when acquisition of a tenant-in-common interest in real estate qualifies as replacement real estate under section 1031. The result was creation of a new type of security, known as a tenants-in-common or "TIC," sold primarily through lower-tier...
GTCR Announces Agreement to Invest in Leading Agency Brokerage and Technology Company
CHICAGO -- GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, a leading private equity firm, announced today that it will join forces with The Bank of New York Company, Inc. (NYSE:BK) and Eze Castle Software, a major provider of trade order management and related technologies, to form BNY ConvergEx Group, LLC. BNY ConvergEx will...
Detecting Improper Portfolio Management Activity
Investment accounts can be abused in four primary ways: 1) ineptitude in management; 2) misappropriation of account assets; 3) use of unsuitable investment vehicles; and 4) churning of the account. Ineptitude in management is difficult to determine. Misappropriation of assets, although easy to quantify, is beyond the scope of this...
Equity-indexed annuities scrutinized
Regulators are taking a harder look at equity-indexed annuities, hot-selling products that offer protection from losses for consumers and big commissions for the people who sell them. EIAs give buyers the chance to earn higher returns than other fixed annuities because some gains are linked to a stock market...
Ladenburg's makeover includes changes at the top; Struggling firm has seen flurry of senior hirings in recent months.(News)
Byline: Bruce Kelly NEW YORK - Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. continues its attempt to remake itself. This spring, it appointed its second CEO in less than a year, Mark Klein. The firm also added a...
NASD eyeing brokers' short-term bonus deals; VA commission specials are part of sweep.(News)
Byline: Bruce Kelly NEW YORK - NASD once again is looking under the hood of the brokerage business, this time scrutinizing the common industry practice of variable annuity companies' offering extra commissions to firms and reps for selling th ...
Like it or not, NASD limits trail commissions.(MANAGED MONEY)(National Association of Securities Dealers)
Public commodity pools have suffered by having to meet the demands of numerous regulators. The industry has sought reforms that would make commodity pools more viable, but now the NASD has limited what commodity pools can pay broker dealers. Will thi Public commodity pools have suffered...
Like it or not, NASD limits trail commissions
Public commodity pools have suffered by having to meet the demands of numerous regulators. The industry has sought reforms that would make commodity pools more viable, but now the NASD has limited what commodity pools can pay broker dealers. Will this be good for end-users or simply limit the number...
Regulators Scrutinize Fee Accounts
The self-regulatory organizations are taking a closer look at fee-based accounts - and brokers might not like what they find. In a seeming reversal of the thrust of the 1995 Tully Report - which called fee-based accounts a "best practice" and urged the conversion of commission-based accounts - both...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Douglas Shulman | President, Regulatory Services & Operations |
| Martin P. Colburn | CTO & Executive Vice President |
| Todd T. DiGanci | CFO & Executive Vice President |
| Daniel J. Stefek | Director |
| Elisabeth Owens | Regl Director |
| Gary K. Liebowitz | Director |
| Hans Reich | Regional Director |
| James G. Dawson | Director |
| John P. Nocella | Director |
| Joseph G. McCarthy | Director |
| Lani M. Woltmann | Director |
| Laura Oatney | Director, Public Affairs |
| Thomas D. Clough | Director |
| Virginia F. Jans | Director |
| Warren A. Butler | Regional Director |
| William L. Wink | Associate Director |
| Alan M Kittner | Uniform Securities Agent |
| Andrew L Dworkin | Uniform Securities Agent |
| David B Hughes | Uniform Securities Agent |
| David McLean | licensed Principal |
| Eric Hender | registered principal |
| Johnston L. Evans | Uniform Securities Agent |
| Jonathan Joffe | Principal |
| Mary Frances Kelley | General Securities Representative |
| Teresa Pensato | Uniform Securities State Agent |
| Julie VanderWeele | Member |
| William Kerins | Member |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Randall L Rubin | Board member |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | President, Regulatory Services & Operations | Current |
| The Depository Trust Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | CTO & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | CFO & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Regl Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Regional Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director, Public Affairs | Current |
| FINRA | Director, Public Affairs | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Regional Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Associate Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Uniform Securities Agent | Current |
| Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Invesco Private Capital | General Partner | Former |
| One Body | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Point Biomedical Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Liposcience, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Yale School of Management | M.B.A. | Former |
| University of California, Berkeley | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Uniform Securities Agent | Current |
| New York State Bar Association | Member | Current |
| Invesco Private Capital | Administrative Partner | Former |
| Debevoise & Plimpton Llp | Corporate Associate | Former |
| Chancellor Capital Management | General Counsel | Former |
| Debevoise & Plimpton Llp | Corporate Associate | Former |
| New York University | J.D. | Former |
| New York University School of Law | J.D. | Former |
| New York University | M.A. in Clinical Psychology | Former |
| University of Pennsylvania | B.A. in Clinical Psychology and International Relations | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Invesco Private Capital | Portfolio Manager | Current |
| FINRA | Uniform Securities Agent | Current |
| Bankers Trust Company Inc. | Global Investment Management division | Former |
| Chancellor Capital Management | head, Global Fixed Income team | Former |
| Fiduciary Trust Company | global fixed income and global credit investments | Former |
| Invesco, LLC | Former | |
| London Stock Exchange plc | Former | |
| New York University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Dickinson College | B.B.A. in Policy & Management Studies | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Prudential Investments LLC | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Stonegate Partners, LLC | Vice President | Current |
| Fulton Partners, Inc. | Partner | Current |
| NYSE Group, Inc. | licensed Principal | Current |
| FINRA | licensed Principal | Current |
| Sensorlogic, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| State Street Research & Management Company | Director | Current |
| Tonic Software, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Cicada Semiconductor Corp. | CEO | Former |
| Stonegate Partners, LLC | President | Former |
| Prudential Investments LLC | President | Former |
| State Street Research & Management Company | President | Former |
| Stonegate Partners, LLC | Managing Director | Former |
| Stonegate Partners, LLC | Advisory Director | Former |
| International Business Machines Corporation | Spearheaded the Introduction of DSP Product Line into Asia | Former |
| Sevin Rosen Funds | Former | |
| Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation | Former | |
| Boston College | Graduate | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Marshall Venture Capital, L.C. | President | Current |
| Aavin | Senior Partner | Current |
| FINRA | registered principal | Current |
| Marshall Venture Capital, L.C. | Managing Member | Current |
| Brightplanet Corp | board member | Current |
| Destinations Unlimited | board member | Current |
| Intermed | board member | Current |
| Compendium Corporation | board member | Current |
| Handy Industries, LLC | board member | Current |
| SCI Financial Group Inc. | President of SCI Capital Company | Former |
| Marshall Venture Capital, L.C. | co-founder | Former |
| Aavin | Co-Founder | Former |
| Aavin | Senior Director | Former |
| SCI Financial Group Inc. | officer | Former |
| FINRA | member | Former |
| SCI Financial Group Inc. | Director | Former |
| Colorado College | degree in Business and Banking | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Uniform Securities Agent | Current |
| E2OPEN, Inc. | Current | |
| GENBAND | Board of Directors | Current |
| Invesco Private Capital | General Partner | Former |
| Invesco, LLC | Former | |
| Starvox Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Accessline Co | Investor | Former |
| 2Wire, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Wayport, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Digital Insight Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Wherenet Corp | Investor | Former |
| Callidus, LLC | Investor | Former |
| Boston University | B.A. in Political Science | Former |
Jonathan Joffe is a Director of MAST in Cambridge. He joined Monitor in 1995 while completing a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) degree at Harvard Law School and was one of the first employees of MAST in London in 1997. Jonathan's practice with MAST has focused on the structuring and execution of transactions involving complex multi-stakeholder negotiations. This has included leading strategic equity partnership projects in the retail, publishing, recycling, consumer electronics and business process outsourcing industries. It has also included leading a number of major multinational deals, such as the 1999 acquisition by Blue Circle Industries Plc of the largest cement manufacturer in Greece. Dr Joffe previously practiced law in South Africa. He specialized in negotiations and the development of framework agreements which regulate situations of ongoing complexity between the parties. He was integrally involved in a number of major negotiations, including the restructuring of South African Airways as a state owned corporation, and the establishment of a new industrial relations framework for public sector employees. Jonathan also holds a BA (Economics) and LLB from University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Dr Joffe is registered with the Financial Services Authority as a corporate finance advisor for MAST Global Limited.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mast Global Limited | Director of Mast In Cambridge | Current |
| FINRA | Principal | Current |
| Monitor Group | Strategy Consultant | Former |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Ba (Economics) and Llb | Former |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Degrees in Economics and Law | Former |
| Harvard Law School | Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Invesco Private Capital | General Partner | Current |
| FINRA | General Securities Representative | Current |
| Healthcare Ventures, LLC | Advisory Board Member | Current |
| Apex Incorporated | Advisory Board Member | Current |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | Audit and General Service department | Former |
| National Federation of Independent Business | Board Member | Former |
| The University of New Mexico | B.A. in Secondary Education | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Uniform Securities State Agent | Current |
| Invesco Private Capital | Manager, Finance | Former |
| Invesco, LLC | Manager, Finance | Former |
| Invesco Private Capital | Fund Accountant | Former |
| Neuberger Berman, Inc. | member of the accounting department | Former |
| University of Scranton | B.S. in Accounting | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Center for Conflict Resolution | Current | |
| FINRA | Board member | Current |
| FINRA | Arbitrator and Mediator | Former |
| University of Florida | B.S. of Business Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mesirow Financial | Senior Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Mesirow Financial | Senior Managing Director | Current |
| FINRA | Member | Current |
| Mesirow Financial | Director | Current |
| Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University | M.M | Former |
| Northern Illinois University | B.S | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| FINRA | Member | Current |
| Lombard Investments | Managing Director | Former |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Investment Banker | Former |
| Harvard Business School | M.B.A | Former |
| Harvard College | A.B | Former |
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