Regulation

Fed policy and your retirement portfolio; Can you file-and-suspend at 62; Unexpected consequences of early retirement

Described by authorities as a con man, an advisor with a troubled past is ordered to repay $4.2 million in restitution; will serve sentence in a medium-security prison.

The SEC has approved the MSRB's proposal to simplify its rules on professional designations by limiting the activities of some dealer representatives and eliminating one of its professional designations.

President Obama became the latest policymaker to wish he could make the regulatory system simpler and more efficient. Yet there are powerful reasons why it will never happen. Here's why.

After being forced to produce extensive records, the board hopes a judge will similarly order two planners to produce voluminous documentation.

The SEC charged an ex-UBS broker with defrauding elderly clients of $730,000, which she allegedly used for vacations, a country club membership, vehicles and clothes.

The Fed is trying to change as little as possible as it crafts its strategy to exit from record stimulus. The trouble is financial markets have changed so much that the still-developing plan may prove costly and ultimately unworkable.

Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and David Vitter, R-La., continued to press their case over "too big to fail" in the wake of a new government report that raises fresh questions about the size of a market subsidy for the largest institutions.

Most bankers expect to see deposits flow out of their coffers next year if interest rates rise as expected, and some are starting to estimate how many. Whether the trend is good or bad depends on each bank's specific situation, but everybody has to get ready.

4 reasons not to panic about Social Security; The role of bonds in a portfolio; Education trumps retirement for single parents, and that's a cause for concern