Compliance

Motif’s Hardip Walia discusses attitudes of investors and the inadequacies with contemporary environmental, social and corporate governance investing.

He cited an IMF report that suggests growth is impaired by slow business investment and an aging population with reduced demand for consumption.

Futures closed at the highest in six weeks after Saudi Arabia was said to likely support prolonging output reductions.

The adviser allowed her disabled sister to die of untreated bedsores, according to the D.A. It’s the first known such case involving a CFP, says the CFP Board.

The firm won a rejection of her $1 million claim, promissory note damages, legal fees and interest.

In bond and stock markets, managers had been shorting volatility to generate additional yield, such as by selling out-of-the-money put and call options.

The firm previously told some customers they would be transferred from their advisers to a self-managed system, but then backtracked and said it's holding off on the changes.

Investor anxiety has mounted amid discord between the Trump administration and Russia over Syria and festering U.S.-North Korea pressures.

The rep was suspended for 15 months and fined $15,000 for engaging in the purported scheme and accepting a $50,000 cash gift from a customer, FINRA claimed.

Strategists cite inflation under-pricing in the U.S. economy, waning foreign demand and the Fed's bid to tighten its monetary stance faster than expected.

Top eMoney executives said investments it has made to comply with the Labor Department’s fiduciary regulation will likely stick regardless of its fate.

Prospects for an outright shrinkage of the central bank’s roughly $4.5 trillion ledger didn’t discourage markets one bit — at least on Wednesday.

Awards and settlements are piling up even as the U.S. wealth management unit reports record profits.

The investment manager has filed an initial registration statement with the SEC for eight funds, sub-advised by two affiliates of Legg Mason.

The former Barclays broker still owes more than $460,000, a FINRA arbitration panel ruled.

RIAs must start disclosing more about bad actors, auditors and asset breakdowns.

A report from the bank concludes that payouts on the country's securities, while difficult to determine, are likely to far exceed current pricing.

Customers who were eligible for Class A shares in certain mutual funds without a front-end sales charge were either not given the sales charge waiver or sold more expensive Class B or C shares, FINRA claimed.

A FINRA arbitration panel decided that an amendment to the adviser’s bonus loan is “unenforceable.”

The strategist, who has long criticized the BRIC idea, changed his views as the Fed appears to have capped long-term U.S. yields, even as it raises rates.