SEC Expands Soft Dollar Disclosure. From: Traders | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Chapman, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2008 SourceMedia, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Securities and Exchange Commission's new soft dollar disclosure rules, part of a proposed revision of Form ADV, will have an impact on relations between investment advisers and their customers, the experts agree. How difficult it will be for money managers to comply with the proposed changes is not as clear.

"This is a significant step forward since at least 1999, when the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations came out with a soft dollar report that...

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