Law and regulation

After several annual losses and FINRA fines, call center magnate John Sykes to sell JHS Capital to the country's second-largest IBD.

The commission alleges that the advisor and his associates defrauded investors by concealing key information about unpaid debts in two rounds of securities offerings in farm loan ventures.

Three advisors were stripped of their CFP designations, 13 were suspended and seven were publicly admonished for technical infractions.

By taking a "glass half-empty" approach on the fiduciary issue, regulators are doing investors and advisors a disservice.

Building a successful asset management firm is difficult. That's not an earth-shattering statement given that most firms fail to meet their expectations for asset growth. And yet each year, hundreds of firms plunge into investment management believing they have something to offer that will drive investor acceptance and success for their business.

CEOs, when questioned in recent earnings calls, offered first impressions of the impacts the proposal may have on the industry.

The association of state securities regulators has proposed a rule that would compel advisors to maintain formal business-continuity and succession plans.

Overall M&A deal values in the asset management industry surged last year to $12.7 billion compared to $2.6 billion in 2013, but growth was largely driven by a few mega-deals, as the total number of deals remained flat.

Seven years after declaring a truce in a battle with large banks over tracking their insured deposits, the FDIC reopened the fight Tuesday with a new proposal that would take an even tougher stance.

BlackRock agreed to pay $12 million to settle U.S. regulatory claims that it failed to disclose a conflict of interest of a top portfolio manager.

BlackRock agreed to pay $12 million to settle U.S. regulatory claims that it failed to disclose a conflict of interest of a top portfolio manager.

Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker proposed a massive shake-up of the U.S. financial regulatory system on Monday that would consolidate oversight into three super regulators.

Behind the accounting errors that knocked $4 billion off American Realty Capital Properties' market value was a hidden scheme that generated more than $900 million in managers’ fees and bonuses, investors said in a lawsuit against the company.

The Department of Labor's latest proposal should be fully digested and evaluated before public comments are sought by the agency.

An arbitration panel granted the wirehouse's request for damages for breach of contract, but the award fell short of the original $1.4 million the firm sought.

Lee D. Weiss of Family Endowment Partners put millions of client money into a quasi-Ponzi scheme, lawyer says.

Announcing this year's winners of Money Management Executive's Top Women in Asset Management Awards.

Bank of America and its Merrill Lynch unit were sued by two former financial-advisor trainees who claim they weren’t paid overtime for long days and weekend work.

There's a lot advisors can do -- and a lot they aren't doing -- to better serve vulnerable elders, according to a new report released jointly by SEC and FINRA.

Michael J. Oppenheim allegedly used his position as a private client advisor to persuade at least two customers to withdraw millions out of their accounts on the promise the money would be invested in muni bonds.