Compliance

Even if rules governing the new assets turn out to be at odds with those of firms, acting today will foster a compliance culture in a volatile financial services space.

To engage current and prospective clients, advisors need to hone their voices, curate content and develop consistent posting habits, among other practices.

FINRA found that Michael Mancinelli improperly exercised discretion and caused his firm to have inaccurate books and records.

Yan Zhao, President of NYDIG as she exploreshow Bitcoin is experiencing wider adoption in the traditional finance world, and why that is.

Financial advisors have a variety of objectives in working with their investment-planning clients. But when all is said and done, clients are usually mainly interested in a successful road map to growing and protecting their wealth to and through retirement.

Federal prosecutors alleged James K. Couture had reached an agreement to sell a home in Cape Cod before the proceeds could go toward restitution.

Adjustments to the organization’s sanction guidelines and procedural rules are the latest step in its ongoing enforcement overhaul.

The trade group’s continued support comes with caveats as advocates for a stronger rule express hope that the Biden administration will change the 2019 regulation.

O’Connell violated six state laws, according to a regulatory complaint.

The nonprofit is serious about weeding out bad actors among CFP holders, writes Tom Sporkin, the official hired to run its compliance efforts.

Nearly 100 clients Mata allegedly defrauded for $14.5 million have received paltry restitution after exhausting every possible method.

The Houston, Texas-based firm was also censured and required to retain an independent consultant.

The wirehouse is the latest firm to have its financial advisors called out publicly by the regulator for disregarding warnings about holding the ETNs for a long time.

FINRA arbitrators decided not to hold the major custodian liable for transactions prior to 2008, an attorney for the clients says.

The firms agreed to censures, the settlement payments and to cease-and-desist orders tied to their alleged misconduct.

Sanctuary also failed to review outside business activities of certain representatives and did not terminate a securities offering that failed to meet the minimum contingency requirement, FINRA says.

Former clients of Isaiah L. Goodman shared the financial losses and other harmful impact of the $2.3-million scheme.

The regulator’s annual industry snapshot and financial report offer a nuanced picture of wealth management’s most significant dividing line.

Robinhood revealed several new inquiries from state and federal watchdogs as it pushes ahead to sell shares in one of the year’s most anticipated IPOs.

The SEC alleged the company did not disclose its conflicts of interests related to mutual fund share classes, cash sweep arrangements, and no-transaction fee revenues, according to a recent SEC filing.