6 Quotes by Barbara Roper
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I have been pleasantly surprised on a number of fronts.
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Ultimately you can't get around the fact that forty percent of states are not inspecting advisors at all?and only thirty-six percent are inspecting them enough to form an effective deterrent.
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The SEC doesn't have the resources to do its job. In 1980 the SEC reviewed all corporate financial statements every year. In 2000, they reviewed about 15 percent. Enron's statements hadn't been reviewed since 1997.
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The average person usually can't distinguish between them.
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If you look at the infraction records, oftentimes it's the same firms that are getting caught, a sign that the executives are condoning bad behavior. The tone is set from the top, and it doesn't cost anything to change that.
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The for-profit environment adds to the pressures and potential conflicts of interests,
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