Regulation

With hedge fund advertising on the way, the impact on the industry and advisors remains unknown.

The CFP Board plans to show off new ads for its extended Let's Make a Plan publicity campaign.

FSI President and CEO Dale Brown would rather see a consultative approach from the regulators on minor missteps, or what he calls the "administrative foot faults."

Bankers think the regulatory environment is bad already, but it could get worse as regulators crack down harder on rules violators, hold directors and foreign banks to stricter standards and tackle "too big to fail," a top banking lawyer says.

Both regulators have identified rollovers as a priority for their 2014 examinations, putting brokers and advisors on notice that they plan to scrutinize how they are working with clients who are planning for retirement.

As waves of baby boomers head into retirement, state and federal regulators expect to take a hard look at the programs firms have in place to ensure they are selling elderly investors appropriate financial instruments.

The head of the U.S. Treasury Department’s financial research arm defended a report on asset managers that was criticized by the industry as flawed and inadequate.

President Obama hit on several important issues for bankers in his annual address to Congress Tuesday night, including mortgage finance reform, though as expected financial services issues largely took a backseat to other national concerns, like unemployment and the minimum wage.

An agency risk alert critiques the due diligence processes that investment advisors are using when recommending such investments as hedge funds, private equity funds, or funds of private funds.

The SEC's Michael Piwowar said Monday that he has asked the SEC's Office of Municipal Securities to work with him on proposals to improve the market.