There is a feeling among employees of small broker/dealers that regulators have it out for them. Some small b/ds (defined as fewer than 100 reps) won't go so far as to say regulators want to drive them out of business...
Just how good are branch office managers and OSJs at supervising their FAs? While investor complaints received by the NASD have been climbing since 2002, "failure to supervise" arbitration cases have been falling...