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For advisors in the bank channel, 2010 was a year of regulatory change, market rebounds and relative uncertainty. It was also a year of creativity, ingenuity and success. Here were some of our top stories from the year that was.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said it expelled an Austin brokerage firm from the securities industry and barred the firm's former president and a broker from working in the industry.

Three of the U.S. largest trade groups representing the derivatives industry have said to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that it needs to be a lot more lenient on how it will monitor market manipulation when it implements its greater authority under the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation.

UBS Financial Services Inc. is on the hook to pay $2.2 million in the largest settlement to date related to Lehman Brothers-associated investment products it once sold.

New data released from Morningstar shows two of its indexes faced a more difficult month in November, as the asset class in general falls short of matching 2009’s performance.

Dan Coughlin, chairman and CEO of Howe Barnes, will join Raymond James holding two high-level positions.

Spectrem Group announced Wednesday that its Spectrem Millionaire Investor Confidence Index rose seven points in December to end the year at 7.

Despite strong holiday sales, Americans were slightly more pessimistic about the economy in December than they were in November.

I was driving home from the interview more excited than I had been in years. I could not believe thatI actually landed the position and I beat out hundreds. The job was mine and life was turning around. There I was, fifty four years old and I had been an unemployed manager for eighteen months. Howand why did it happen? I had such a long successful career as a brokerage manager. I always hit orexceeded my…

A new report from Standard & Poor’s shows that home prices and annual growth rates have declined from earlier this year, pointing to a double-dip.

Despite dire warnings of imminent government collapse, since the middle of 2009, only three municipal issues in the “safe” sectors--general obligation, tax backed and essential services—have defaulted, according to Municipal Market Advisor’s data.

Municipal market groups next year will face an uphill battle trying to get Congress to resurrect the Build America Bond program and other bond-related tax incentives that expire Dec. 31.

BlackRock, which manages $3.4 trillion of assets for investors, will launch its own trading platform inside the firm. The move will cut costs for its customers.

Bank acquisition activity is widely expected to pick up in 2011, but some parts of the country might be more active than others.

2011 will be critical as regulators across the globe start the difficult task of implementing the new Basel III rules even while they tackle issues left unfinished by the agreement.

2010 was a year of change and transition on Wall Street. UBS turned to Bob McCann to grow its wealth business, branch managers continued to lead the way, and the best and brightest young advisors continued to shine. Check out the magazine's top stories of the year.

A new report from Toronto-based Bullion Management Group urges investors to buffer their investments with bullion.

UBS will pay $2.2 million to individual investors in the largest settlement to date related to Lehman Brothers-associated products it once sold.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation said Tuesday it plans to add a chairman of the board, with separate duties from that of its chief executive officer, Don Donohue.

Over the past couple of years, small and midsize banks have happily positioned their wealth management businesses as alternatives to those of big, wounded banks and brokerage houses.