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Bernie Clark and Skip Schweiss head to Washington next week to fight on behalf of RIAs in Bachus bill showdown

With FINRA threat looking real, the Schwab and TD Ameritrade executives are urging letters and Tweets

Author Lisa Shidler June 1, 2012 at 4:13 AM
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Bernie Clark: I'll personally deliver your message to the representatives with whom I'll be meeting.

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Peter Mafteiu

Peter Mafteiu

June 1, 2012 — 5:55 PM

Guys, good luck. I think lobby dollars are against the SEC and articles like this don’t help the big picture.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/sec-taking-on-big-firms-is-tempting-but-we-prefer-whaling-on-little-guys-20120530?print=true

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