Compliance

More than a quarter of enforcement cases the commission brought in the just-ended 2016 fiscal year targeted planners and investment companies.

Dupree Financial Group was censured for shortfalls that firm's founder insists were not indicative of a lax compliance culture.

The metal's retreat has taken place against a backdrop of investor concern that the world's leading central banks.

Open enrollment offers seniors the opportunity to change their plans and save hundreds of dollars.

The wirehouse, which is embracing the new regulation, is the first to unveil its strategy in depth.

Firms should consider focusing on nuts-and-bolts issues like marketing and suitability of products if they want to avoid being the subject of FINRA disciplinary actions.

Robert Tricarico worked for five firms and had 16 FINRA disclosures over 20 years.

“A new era is dawning for advisers and long-term investors of all kinds,” Mark Wiedman, global head of iShares, said in the statement.

Employees inflated new client assets managed from the fourth quarter of 2011 to 2012 to meet sales targets, according to the regulator.

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have proposed legislation in recent years to limit the central bank's authority.

The former RIA and fund advisor was cited for multiple fiduciary violations in a day-trading scheme, pocketing profitable trades from a pooled account while burdening clients with the losses.

The long-running battle by two CFPs against the board comes to an abrupt end.

A victory for the government would be a boost for prosecutors and the SEC.

A firm contest incentivized about 30 advisers to push lending products to clients and created conflicts of interest, according to officials.

Artificial intelligence is poised to bring dramatic change in the roles computers and humans play in regulatory compliance.

Mounting regulatory pressure will push firms to decrease the number of products available due to compliance risks, Cerulli Associates says in a new report.

From recommending wrong share classes to cherry-picking allocations, these are the pitfalls advisers should avoid.

A broker leaving a job didn't think the training he got from his former employer was sufficient. His old firm disagrees and wants the costs reimbursed.

The ill-timed Alibaba trades add to the hedge fund industry’s woes as some of its biggest and best-known firms lose assets amid souring investor sentiment.

As rules pile up, industry leaders are looking for ways to help advisers navigate what they say has become a regulatory labyrinth.