Corporate governance

Regulators say they are seeking fairness, noting that firms that reached deals with the SEC before the start of the year are under fewer regulatory mandates.

Private equity-backed consolidators need platform uniformity to grow — but without sacrificing acquired RIAs' unique strengths.

After joining Raymond James last year, Lynette Ancona contends she was virtually forced out of Schwab by a branch manager who tended to favor "younger, male" colleagues.

Four experts say that video training and giving the TLDR versions can go a long way to securing and keeping clients confident and engaged.

A unit of the bank bought by UBS in 2023 pleaded guilty to conspiring to help its customers hide more than $4 billion from the Internal Revenue Service in at least 475 offshore accounts

The firm characterizes the cause examination, a procedure that typically originates from a customer complaint, as a routine matter.

A judge found that the alleged victims of a scam run by a now-disgraced representative of Oppenheimer furnished no evidence of having direct ties to the firm.

In our final installment on broker compensation in 2025, learn which firms are paying advisors with $2 million in annual revenue the most.

The headache of filing dozens of state or international returns due to the so-called jock tax comes with opportunities to tap into savings, experts say.

See which firms are paying advisors with $1 million in annual revenue the most.

RIAs with $4 billion to $10 billion in AUM can turn their size to their advantage by strategically adopting tech products and processes.

UBS and Janney Montgomery Scott both made changes to compensation for advisors producing at the $600,000 level.

UBS and RBC lowered their payout rates for advisors on the low end of the revenue production scale.

The structure has been delivering tax savings to advisory practices and other professional services firms for decades. But experts say sometimes it's not the best fit.

The industry rivals are back in court with fresh allegations that Ameriprise falsely warned its former clients that LPL misappropriated their account information.

An industry consultant thinks Edward Jones' latest bid to start a bank is an attempt to add revenue sources as the traditional brokerage business becomes less lucrative.

Evan Becht told a FINRA arbitrator that he has not been able to find another job since JPMorgan's reasons for terminating him became listed on his BrokerCheck page.

The M&A flow may suggest that only the giants of wealth management will be able to navigate the business, but that dominating narrative is wrong.

Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Truist are facing pressure from ISS, Glass Lewis and SOC Investment Group over their 2024 pay packages.

The founder of Tulsa Innovation Labs is calling for changes to draw more investments from civic-minded financial advisors and clients in their local communities.