Compliance

The Financial Services Institute has gained another 225 members, as Mountain View, Calif.-based broker-dealer and RIA Foothill Securities announced it has signed up all its advisors.

FINRA has fined Citigroup Global Markets $725,000 for failing to disclose conflicts of interest in its research reports and public appearances by analysts.

The SEC has charged an investment advisory arm of UBS with overstating the prices of securities in three mutual funds, some times by more than 100%.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that it fined UBS Global Asset Management $300,000 for overvaluing 48 mortgage-backed securities purchased for $22 million.

Planners have taken note of the fact that clients with incomes of $1 million or more were twice as likely to be audited by the IRS in 2011 than they were in 2009. Several say they are taking steps in anticipation of still greater vigilance on the part of the agency.

Financial services industry groups are ready and willing to help the Labor Department do a formal study of the potential impact of a redefinition of fiduciary responsibility, according to a new letter several trade organizations wrote to the department.

WASHINGTON-In technical terms, Congress handed regulators the baton a while ago to implement a crackdown on proprietary trading.

The Securities and Exchange Commission last week warned publicly traded banks to be more thorough and consistent in disclosing their exposure to European sovereign debt.

With deadlines bearing down for certain federally registered investment advisors to transition to state regulation, advisors have a host of concerns and questions, experts say.

Financial services industry groups are ready and willing to help the Labor Department do a formal study of the potential impact of a redefinition of fiduciary responsibility, according to a new letter several trade organizations wrote to the department.

Gregory Fleming, president of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, was elected to replace former Bank of America Merrill Lynch wealth management head Sallie Krawcheck on the SRO’s Board of Governors.

A federal arbitration panel has fined the brokerage firm Morgan Keegan & Co. for mishandling the account of an Atlanta charity.

Lawmakers show deep interest in staying involved with 'Volcker Rule' during the implementation phase and regulators may actually be grateful.

iWASHINGTON — In technical terms, Congress handed regulators the baton a while ago to implement a crackdown on proprietary trading. But as the federal agencies grapple with turning the so-called Volcker Rule into regulation, the process seems almost like a joint effort between two branches of government.

SEC says it will no longer let companies "neither admit nor deny" charges in settling cases it brings against them. Sort of.

It's been almost as longstanding a practice in the regulatory field as using the phrase "left to pursue other interests" when a company asks one of its top executives to leave.

He didn't want to lose and didn't want to do what was necessary to win.

The Internal Revenue Service has increased its audits of taxpayers at upper-income levels.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an Illinois-based investment adviser with using LinkedIn and other social media channels to attempt to sell $500 million in fictitious securities.

The SEC has charged an Illinois-based investment advisor with using LinkedIn and other social media channels to attempt to sell $500 million in fictitious securities.