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Wealth management firms are facing scrutiny from investors over their investing choices and missed signs of fraud, in our latest look at the legal issues in wealth management.

Even a modest ceremony can cost thousands, with the price tag for destination weddings easily crossing into five-digit figures and higher.

Industry groups see the new AML requirements as unnecessarily redundant and burdensome on small firms.

Planners trying to help clients steer clear of momentary panic by investing for the long term will find instructive episodes that often involve sports.

Nuno Matos, once a contender to be chief executive, is leaving after nine years at the firm.

Property owners, entrepreneurs and parents can tap into savings available through credits, deductions and exemptions during the sunny season.

In an earnings call, an RBC executive says the firm decided to raise its account yields in response to higher Fed rates because "the right balance was to allocate some of that rising rate to our customers."

The GAO investigated industry disclosures and conducted undercover calls to evaluate "where issues around conflicts of interest and investment advice stand today."

The Top 20 Firm is also taking an equity investment in Sequoia Financial, and the two plan to deliver services to each other's clients.

The legal action comes after executives expressed comfort with their firm's deposit rates in a recent earnings call.