Financial regulations

Are you using a robo adviser with clients? Be prepared to understand the inner workings of your digital tools, says Hardeep Walia, CEO of Motif Investing.

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

The Massachusetts-based planner, who allegedly told clients their money would be invested in a hedge fund, was also ordered to pay $1.89 million to victims.

FINRA reprimanded the former rep for allegedly falsifying personal documents as accommodations for HSBC bank customers.

Vanguard founder John Bogle and the DoL's Phyllis Borzi support an investor bill of rights.

The former rep allegedly stole $1,380 from a customer's bank account by issuing and then using a debit card without the customer's knowledge.

The wirehouse terminated the broker two days after losing a $34 million arbitration case brought by the client's widow, who alleged elder abuse and other misconduct.

Keeping up with the pace of change in the wealth management industry involves blending holistic advice and a digitally enhanced practice.

Shifting to advisory business means firms will have to develop new incentives to attract talent, as the job will not offer the same earning gratification as it once did.

The proposal, which would allow more consumers to join class-action lawsuits over disputes, could drive up compliance costs. Agency director Richard Cordray wants more accountability.

Investment professionals foresaw the greatest risks in flawed algorithms, according to a global survey.

How have other countries that introduced fiduciary standards before the U.S. fared? Toronto-based adviser Trevor Parry gives the long view.

The debate has spread far beyond planners and regulators, suggesting to some that public consciousness, and widespread change, might be on the rise.

"Direct-to-consumer is not our model," says Scott Curtis, president, Raymond James Financial Services.

The new rules aren't the bonanza for lawyers first imagined from the DoL's fiduciary efforts.