Regulation

The breach illustrates the danger posed when just one employee has unauthorized or unsecured access to sensitive information, as well as the ongoing threat to financial institutions from insider theft.

The firm was sanctioned for failing to review the incoming and outgoing email correspondence of its registered reps.

The former lead counsel in the board's defense of its case against two Florida planners has moved in-house as general counsel.

Failure to align business practices with a client's needs may invite scrutiny, the regulator warned.

New laws this year likely will have an impact on retirement savings as the government faces population aging and public pension concerns.

A fired Morgan Stanley financial advisor accused of stealing client data never intended to sell the information and "is extremely sorry for his conduct," his lawyer said.

The event reminds firms, advisors and clients of the ever-evolving threat of data breaches. Here's what advisors should do.

Morgan Stanley fired an employee it said stole data, including account numbers, for as many as 350,000 wealth management clients and posted some of the information online.

This year will bring more municipal advisor and secondary market transparency regulation, while a newly Republican-controlled Senate could lead Congress to scrutinize and possibly ease existing laws and rules.

Two changes will come into effect by July -- an alternative capstone course, and a broadened definition of experience requirements.