Finance

More accounting firms are increasingly embracing a wealth management model, offering a broader range of services to their clients.

Five former aides to Bernard Madoff who spent decades working for his firm were found guilty of helping run the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, a $17.5 billion fraud exposed by the 2008 financial crisis.

The dollar snapped six weeks of declines against the euro, the longest losing streak in more than six years, as the Federal Reserve signaled it’s moving toward raising interest rates.

FINRA is examining allegations that broker-dealers violated bond documents and municipal rules by trading bonds from Puerto Rico's recent $3.5 billion general obligation deal to customers in sizes less than the required $100,000 minimum denomination.

Treasury 10-year notes fell for the first time in three days before the U.S. sells $96 billion of fixed-rate notes this week.

Here are some of the most significant tax law changes to keep in mind this year as advisors prepare 2013 income tax returns and start planning for next year.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota, who dissented from this week’s decision on monetary policy, said the central bank’s new guidance about its policy intentions risks holding back economic growth by fostering uncertainty.

The value of municipal bonds plunged Thursday as the prospect of rising interest rates triggered a selloff, with short-term bonds taking the hardest hit.

Like the Postal Service, small banks must radically change their business model, expect more consolidations and mergers, focus on critical services and avoid relying on the U.S. government for help - it could make things worse.

Treasury yields were in the tightest range in nearly seven years as traders weighed prospects for Federal Reserve bond tapering against concern tension between the U.S. and Russia over Crimea will increase.

The Federal Reserve’s attempt to lift inflationto a level that would reflect a healthier U.S. economy is starting to take hold in the bond market

FINRA's treatment of a former manager in its southeast regional office shows the self-policing group for brokerages should be "put out of its misery once and for all," writes a former investment banker, author and columnist.

Puerto Rico came to market with $3.5 billion of general obligation debt Tuesday, tapping the municipal bond market with GOs for the first time in two years.

Treasuries fell for a fifth day, reversing earlier gains, before the U.S. government sells $64 billion of notes and bonds this week.

Investors are having a change of heart about U.S. consumer stocks, a sign their optimism about Americans' discretionary spending remains intact even after a January selloff.

A U.S. Senate committee report will reprimand Credit Suisse Group for helping American clients dodge taxes and will criticize the Justice Department for not pursuing offshore banks aggressively enough, according to two people with knowledge of the findings.

The extra yield U.S. corporate bonds offer compared with Treasuries approached a six-year low as investors speculated the economy will pick up after the North American winter ends.

President Obama will emphasize Democratic priorities in his next budget, dropping an offer to trim the growth of entitlement spending and proposing new tax limits for U.S.-based multi-national companies.

Employers are squeezing their workers' retirement savings, holding back on both the amount and the timing of 401(k) matching funds and dragging out vesting schedules. Taken together, these measures are making it more difficult to save for old age.

The proposal to let the U.S. Postal Service become a bank is a hard sell, but the idea has legs for political, legal and business reasons. Here are answers to the top questions about the provocative idea.