Bankers still mostly back Republicans, according to Federal Elections Commission data, but the Biden administration is centering its pitch for support on the economy, regulatory stability and promising higher taxes for the wealthy and corporations.

"It would be irresponsible for us to ignore factors that can fundamentally impact the long-term viability of investments," said CalPERS interim Chief Investment Officer Dan Bienvenue of climate risks.

A decision backing the surviving shareholder in a family business could have carried major tax implications to succession plans. Instead, SCOTUS backed the IRS.

The growing number of fraud victims who suffer staggering financial losses often find themselves having to pay Uncle Sam for their missing income, experts say.

A set of carefully curated ETFs promise a way out of geopolitical risks, but their logic remains untested.

The questioning of expert witnesses quickly unraveled into charges of "BS" and unexpected baseball references.

The 2022 retirement law aims to help workers pay off their student debts and save for retirement. Can it do both? It's complicated.

Nervous investors often ask how the presidential election will affect their portfolios. New research offers a simple way to reassure them: Look at the numbers.

Proposals to crack down on private placement insurance contracts aren't close to becoming law. Here's how advisors and their clients can use them for the time being.

At least 17 Republicans and one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, have signed onto a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act.

Three regulatory amendments that are attached to the new "retirement security rule" display the stakes of the legal challenge already brewing in court.

Social Security is still drifting toward insolvency, according to the program's board of trustees. Here's how to reassure worried retirement savers.

As Congress battles over shutdowns, Social Security's staff has dwindled to its smallest size in decades. For retirees, that means longer wait times and delayed benefits — but advisors can help.

As it and other critics pursue a coordinated legal strategy, a trade group for independent insurance agents requested an injunction to put the regulation on hold.

The text reveals why agency officials believe it's necessary, how it will work in practice, how much it will cost and how it responded to criticism.

Here's how commenters such as the AARP, SIFMA, FSI, the Consumer Federation, NAPFA, the CFP Board and others view the Department of Labor's retirement advice regulation.

Recent economic data have shown inflation stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target, putting rate cuts in jeopardy. Lauren Saidel-Baker, an economist with ITR Economics, parses the FOMC meeting, Chair Powell's press conference and takes a look at future policy.

Voters in battleground states favor solutions like a "billionaires tax" and "scrapping the cap" on earnings taxed for Social Security, a new poll shows.

Opponents haven't stated publicly that they will file a lawsuit, but one will almost certainly challenge the Biden administration's expansion of the fiduciary duty.

Experts from the Fed, Intuit and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center explored ideas for more effective ways to advance the goals of the mortgage interest deduction.