Kenneth Corbin

Legislation passed by the House offers advisers protection against liability.

The proposed rule would require firms to have blueprints in place for natural disasters, cyber disruptions and transitioning clients if a practice winds down.

Allen Holeman "willfully failed to amend" U4 forms to disclose tax liens as required, according to the regulator.

Enforcement actions at the SEC and FINRA highlight emphasis regulators are placing on fees and reverse churning, anti-money laundering programs and variable annuities.

The president makes good on his vow to kill legislation that would roll back the new regulations on retirement plans.

The regional firm could lose a quarter of its customers who said they would leave, even if they loved their adviser, if their digital experience was subpar, according to a new poll.

Commission staffers are probing how broker-dealers are handling ETFs and the extent to which investors understand the risks of the funds.

Baby boomers have not considered how they will pay the cost of enjoying their time in retirement, according to a new study from Merrill Lynch and research firm Age Wave.

Now that the sharply contested rule is the law of the land, a senior agency official says the department looks to help with compliance, not find targets to sue.

Industry regulator levies its largest penalty involving variable annuities after claiming a long-running effort misrepresented annuity features and steered clients into costlier products.

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Firms' cyber defenses are in SEC's crosshairs, and the commission is looking to tap an outside group to help police the RIA sector.

Advisors can get a helpful best-practices checklist, which may also help build client relationships, from the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard.

Michael Donnelly was sentenced for defrauding elderly clients of about $2 million, which he used to make car payments, pay his children's private school tuition and other expenses.

Richard Ketchum, former critic of the rule, calls the final version "much better" than the earlier proposal. But he still wants to see the SEC develop a uniform standard.

Chairwoman Mary Jo White tells lawmakers that a uniform standard for advisors and broker-dealers remains a priority, but that says it's a long slog.

Worries grow over retirement security, according to new research from IRI.

Fiduciary advocates argue that the compliance burden from the best-interest contract exemption and other new provisions will be modest and won't materially affect how they serve clients.

Head of Wall Street trade group calls Labor Department's final fiduciary rule an "exceedingly prescriptive" regulation that will tie up compliance departments for months.

A recent FINRA action against Raymond James is the latest evidence of competitive tensions in the brokerage sector spilling into alleged privacy violations.