Compliance

Far from signaling industry hardship, increasing liquidations reflect the ETF industry’s ebullient growth.

The country's largest independent broker-dealer says compliance with the new fiduciary rule will offer competitive advantages.

The rule is finally dragging traditional brokers into the modern era.

The lawsuit highlights a friction that exists at financial-services firms that put employees into their own product.

The firm says it has put regulatory fines in its rearview mirror, has invested in tech upgrades and has devoted resources to helping advisers adapt to the DoL fiduciary rule.

The adviser, who was ranked in On Wall Street's Top 40 Under 40, is accused of conducting more than $1 million in private security transactions without notifying his employer, Hilliard Lyons.

Advisers may want to entertain a settlement offer from the regulator, even when planners disagree with allegations made against them, says our compliance expert.

Investors can expect limited options or higher fees in their retirement plans as brokerage firms are evaluating their pricing structures to comply with the fiduciary rule.

The lawsuit highlights a friction that exists at financial-services firms that put employees into their own product.

The firm is among the first to detail how its 14,000 advisers will comply with the new regulation.

Few of the industry's other dynamics will remain untouched, according to Credit Suisse Group AG Vice Chairman Neal Soss.

The RIA owner got insider tips from an attorney drunk on several glasses of wine, according to the SEC.

In a rare interview, Andrew Ceresney reveals the commission's beefed-up efforts, and what advisers should know.

Nicholas Mitsakos allegedly used the funds to pay his credit card bills and make payments on his Mercedes, authorities charge.

The hedge fund's investment to-date in the New York-based bank is valued at more than $1.25 billion.

The regulator sanctioned the brokerage firm for supervisory failures that stretched over a nearly two year period.

Since last year's rout, exchanges, issuers of exchange-traded products and other market players have met to discuss improvements.

Former Philadelphia Eagles player Merrill Robertson Jr. funded "luxurious" lifestyle with life savings of football coaches, complaint says.

The Wall Street regulator says the firm repeatedly ignored red flags for years.

The new regulations are adding more pain to funds that have been plagued by seven years of the Fed's zero interest-rate policy.