Practice

M&T's sidelined purchase of Hudson City has become cautionary tale in a new regulatory environment for acquisitions.

The IRS has released a set of proposed regulations to prevent abuses of the partnership basis adjustment rules, disallow partnership loss transfers and avoid some of the abuses uncovered by the Enron scandal.

See who topped the charts on Financial Planning's list of the top 50 Fastest-Growing RIA Firms. These firms range in size, but all are growing -- fast.

Preparing now can position your firm for a tidal wave of success, but failing to understand and adapt to generational differences may create a shock wave for your firm.

Northwestern Mutual is fishing for talent -- and it's using 6,400 hooks.

Regulators' attempt to carve out an exemption for small banks from a key part of the Volcker Rule satisfied most institutions that feared getting swallowed up in the Dodd-Frank Act provision, but left others still vulnerable to the regulation and facing significant losses.

Gearing up for more stringent regulations ahead, SIFMA is calling on regulators to better coordinate efforts and craft a business-model neutral fiduciary standard.

Newport Beach, California, where four ranking lifeguards earned more than the town’s $109,677 median household income in 2012, may partially disband its municipal ocean rescue to deal with rising pension costs.

The state, which shoulders one of the biggest pension burdens, is bucking the wave of local governments trimming the benefits.

A former JPMorgan Chase executive was barred from the brokerage industry for allegedly passing inside information on corporate mergers to a friend, FINRA said.