Regulation

Brokers selling higher-fee investments like non-traded real-estate investment trusts and derivative-backed structured notes may get more scrutiny this year after those markets grew in 2013.

Regulators are hoping to release an interim final rule next week designed to satisfy banker demands to change a provision of the Volcker Rule that threatens to force smaller institutions to take millions of dollars in write-offs.

FINRA has identified the suitability of the bonds of distressed municipalities for investors, as well as municipal advisor activity, as areas it will focus on in 2014.

The legal battle over the application of the Volcker Rule is unlikely to be resolved until mid-January.

Morgan Stanley said ex-broker Wilhelm Nash left before earning out bonus.

An arbitrator wants client records. What should you do?

The tax increases that took effect in 2013 should now be part of long-term planning because they aren't going away anytime soon.

Lawmakers are stepping up efforts to deter frivolous patent lawsuits against banks and a host of other companies.

The question triggers a whole array of responses. But after a five-year onslaught of new rules and enforcement, some see a brighter regulatory future for banks.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a staff report Friday to Congress on its disclosure rules for U.S. public companies, as part of the SEC’s efforts to modernize the disclosure requirements and reduce compliance costs for emerging growth companies.