Regulation

Cash sweeps are lucrative to brokerages and custodians, but not to clients. Here's what financial advisors should know about how they can get greater yield for clients' liquid assets.

Many advisors have clients who took out the forgivable loans. Some wealth management firms did the same. Three years after the government doled out more than $800 billion in mostly-free cash, here's what's happening.

A securities expert says the Ponzi-like plot allegedly carried out by a former Deutsche Bank investment banker is a sign that regulators need to provide crypto clarity.

A 20-year veteran advisor sold more than $7 million worth of investments pitched by an accused fraudster connected to his friend from Bible study, the regulator said.

The $2.4 billion request for the Wall Street regulator would put 1,434 officers on the compliance beat, up 4% from seven years ago.

The SEC and DOJ accused a New Jersey-based broker of using insider knowledge to make more than $3.4 million from a scheme involving special purpose acquisition companies.

A Hornor, Townsend & Kent broker pitched "Future Income Payments" that turned out to be part of a $300 million scheme targeting veterans, investigators said.

The independent firm told financial advisors that selling their own practices without a greenlight from the corporate office could draw FINRA scrutiny.

The SEC's case against a barred former broker shows why regulators and the industry often struggle to catch repeat offenders before they harm investors again.

A 22-year veteran broker is headed to prison for "intentionally preying" on seniors and families of children with special needs, the district attorney says.