Attorney and former SEC top staffer Robert Cook to replace retiring CEO Richard KetchumCook The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has announced that a former top staffer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will be its next CEO. Robert Cook will replace current CEO Richard Ketchum in the latter half of 2016, FINRA said Monday. Ketchum is retiring after having been chairman and CEO of the independent regulatory organization since 2009. A new chairman will be named in coming months. Cook joins the $707 million-revenue FINRA from the Washington, D.C., offices of the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where he currently is a partner specializing… Read More