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Baruch Lev is the Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting and Finance at New York University Stern School of Business, where he teaches courses in accounting, financial analysis and investor relations. Professor Lev has been with NYU over 20 years. His primary research areas of interest include financial statement and investment analyses; intangible assets/intellectual capital; management and valuation; capital markets; and mergers and acquisitions. He is the author of six books including "Intangibles: Management, Measurement, and Reporting," "Winning Investors Over" and, most recently, "The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers." Lev has published over 120 research studies in the leading accounting, finance and economic journals and received numerous awards and honorary doctorates. Before joining NYU, he held academic positions at the University of Chicago, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, where he was dean of the business school, and University of California at Berkeley (jointly appointed by the business and law schools). Lev's practical experience includes auditing, and investment banking. He was also a partner for over 15 years in a consulting firm.

Tara Pendleton is assurance director and audit quality director at BDO USA.

John Robert Jones Jr. is accused of convincing two dozen financiers to invest in two private unregistered funds with false promises of growth and limited risk.

Jon Hubbard is a shareholder and consultant at Boomer Consulting Inc.

Timothy Hamano is accused of fatally striking a pedestrian and then fleeing the scene, leaving his wife, also injured, and the pedestrian behind.

The Colony Group and XML Financial Group are set to bring on an RIA and a wealth management practice, respectively, in the third quarter of 2021. Focus also announced that Sonora Investment Management will join as a partner firm.

From fees to severe penalties for missteps, a self-directed retirement account is something most savers should steer clear of.

The exposed information includes customer names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and company names.

Glenn L. Friedman is co-managing partner and CEO of Top 100 Firm Prager Metis CPAs. He is also a partner in the advisory services and tax departments. He has been practicing since 1979. In 2013, his firm, Metis Group LLC, merged with another partnership, Prager and Fenton LLP to create Prager Metis. Prior to Prager Metis, Friedman started his career at an international law firm that specialized in foreign tax havens.

As inflation rises, it's likely to cause trouble for the biggest money-management firms, bringing an end to the rapid consolidation in the industry, writes Richard Cookson.