Regulation

The IRS has released the 2015 inflation-adjusted deduction limitations for annual contributions to a health savings account.

Independent planners can not win a battle against Wall Street unless they find a way to defeat well-funded lobbyists in the industry.

Advisory firms need to have a solid process in place for archiving and monitoring social media use before they jump into the social arena.

Paul Volcker hasn’t endeared himself to Wall Street bond dealers. That’s just fine with Fidelity Investments.

Two former brokers with U.S. Bancorp Investments and HSBC Securities were banned from the industry for trying to cheat their customers.

Legal expert Alan J. Foxman offers advisors advice on how to navigate the compliance issues when a divorce threatens to leave a stain on a broker's record.

"There's a lot of nuance that's not reflected in simply listing personal bankruptcy," says Mark Witaschek, whose bankruptcy was cited in a board announcement.

The SEC is weighing a requirement that brokers tell investors exactly where their stock trades go to be executed, a proposal that may address complaints that the decisions are sometimes made against the client’s best interests.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent subpoenas to six high-frequency trading firms seeking information about special arrangements they have with exchanges and dark pools as well as their trading strategies, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The broker-dealer was censured and fined for selling unsuitable exchange-traded funds to customers.