Investment Adviser Newsletter From CCH Focuses On Compliance

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., May 23, 2000) – Deregulation may be the watchword for much of the financial services industry, but one segment of the securities business – investment advisers – is perhaps subject to more scrutiny now than ever before, according to CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), a leading provider of securities law information and software. To help all those concerned stay on top of developments in the federal and state regulation of their business, CCH now offers Investment Adviser Newsletter, a bimonthly collection of timely news, critical updates, insightful analysis and special features of interest to investment advisers, compliance officers and their legal counsel. ($195. For more information, call 800-449-6435.)

The financial services and securities industries are changing rapidly, and many of those changes affect investment advisers, according to Sharon Kube, marketing director for the CCH Business and Finance Group.

"A new state competency test was rolled out this January and the SEC is contemplating new ‘pay to play’ regulations, just to mention two developments covered in the premiere issue of Investment Adviser Newsletter," Kube said. "In addition, as the issue points out, more and more people in the industry are being subjected to regulation as investment advisers – with the move of broker-dealers towards fee-based services and the end of the exclusion of banks from regulation with the passage of Gramm-Leach-Bliley."

In every issue of the CCH Investment Adviser Newsletter, subscribers will find concise coverage of:

New court decisions
SEC releases and no-action letters
SEC enforcement actions
State legislation
The effect of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on advisers

Built on the news-gathering skills and the analytical insight of experienced CCH securities law experts, the Investment Adviser Newsletter offers busy professionals an efficient way to stay in compliance with the rapidly changing rules of their dynamic industry.

Availability and Pricing

For more information on the CCH Investment Adviser Newsletter, call 800-449-6435. A one-year subscription (six issues) is $195.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH has served more than four generations of business professionals and their clients, covering a wide range of legal and compliance topics including securities, insurance, banking, telecommunications, trade regulations and government contracting. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer. The CCH web site can be accessed at www.cch.com. The CCH Business and Finance Group web site can be accessed at http://business.cch.com.

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