Compliance

Mark Immel had been awarded $450,000 in arbitration but faced further legal battles.

FINRA scolded the firms for alleged operational systems, supervisory and recordkeeping deficiencies.

Mutual and hedge fund managers dodged the toughest provisions of newly proposed U.S. pay rules designed to discourage excessive risk-taking on Wall Street.

Advisors managing assets within retirement plan vehicles, including IRAs, will need to take a hard look at their own pricing and practices, because simply disclosing conflicts of interest is no longer good enough under the new rule.

The Fed’s quarter-point rate increase is proving a boon to custody banks.

The advisor was banished for refusing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into wire activity in the advisor's bank account.

Firms' cyber defenses are in SEC's crosshairs, and the commission is looking to tap an outside group to help police the RIA sector.

Voices: Even independent advisors have some adjustments to make. Here are some of the most important, according to managing director of TD Ameritrade Institutional.

Expanded scope for litigation is a cause for concern among wealth management firms, experts say.

The rule could "very much professionalize an industry that very much needs it," says Robert Johnson, president of the planning school.

Advisors can get a helpful best-practices checklist, which may also help build client relationships, from the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard.

Voices: an advisor earning a high single-figure commission from a variable annuity product should become a thing of the past.

The decision could put the spotlight on firms like Citadel, Millennium Management, D.E. Shaw and Bridgewater, which oversee a combined $654 billion in assets, according to SEC filings.

Bonnie Baha, the global developed credit director at DoubleLine, discusses several challenges facing fixed income.

The broker was reprimanded for lying on a customer's behalf.

Michael Donnelly was sentenced for defrauding elderly clients of about $2 million, which he used to make car payments, pay his children's private school tuition and other expenses.

BlackRock made its $152 million deal for the Silicon Valley-based startup FutureAdvisor last August. Since then, its robo advice client roster has expanded.

A number of advisors are striving for the status quo instead of creating a better business and stronger relationships. In effect, they're giving up.

Parthemer worked with pro athletes and frequented South Beach clubs with rap stars.

Richard Ketchum, former critic of the rule, calls the final version "much better" than the earlier proposal. But he still wants to see the SEC develop a uniform standard.