Politics

The Fed's decision to keep interest rates unchanged and FINRA's battle for its continued existence are among the developments on Capitol Hill that are critical to wealth managers.

The year-on-year change in the consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, declined last month. So why did stocks nose-dive?

White Americans still have twice as much retirement wealth as savers of color, research shows. Here's what experts recommend to shrink the gap.

A provision paying for breaks for parents and business owners has earned widespread praise, but an expert says financial advisors should be on alert.

In correspondence with Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., the Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed safeguarding rule could change banks' custody businesses.

A report from the Investments & Wealth Institute's journal explains the most important pending proposals from the SEC, the Labor Department and other regulators.

Interest rates aren't budging — for now. Where does that leave the economy on its long, slow path to a hoped-for soft landing? JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and others weigh in.

Possible threats to the pending proposal could play out in Congress and the courts before an increasingly consequential presidential race, an expert said.

The agency's potential retirement regulation got slammed at a congressional hearing and in thousands of industry-driven form letters calling for its withdrawal.

Here's a breakdown of the most important proposals and debates circulating in policy circles ahead of this year's election and a big Supreme Court decision.