Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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The wirehouse reached an agreement with an SEC-appointed receiver and a state regulator in connection with a massive EB-5 investment scheme.
January 7 -
While the giant wealth manager has won the balance of 23 decisions so far, it’s facing a wave of cases seeking hundreds of millions in damages.
January 4 -
The midsize wealth manager racked up millions of dollars in sales of an alternative product without adequate due diligence, according to FINRA.
January 3 -
Like their cryptocurrency cousins, non-fungible tokens are generating market interest, and tax confusion.
January 3 -
A self-reporting program on 529 plan share classes yielded five more settlements, and wealth managers agreed to pay a combined $15 million.
December 24 -
A committee says summaries provided by firms are full of jargon and readability issues. But fiduciary and plain-language experts say Form CRS itself needs an overhaul.
December 23 -
Yan Zhao, President of NYDIG as she exploreshow Bitcoin is experiencing wider adoption in the traditional finance world, and why that is.
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The firm will pay restitution and fines to settle allegations that it failed to flag more than 100 client accounts for overconcentration in high-yield bonds.
December 21 -
The firm faces an additional penalty after it didn’t participate in the regulator’s self-reporting initiative.
December 21 -
Hester Peirce will become the only GOP commissioner at the agency.
December 20 -
'Planning has been put on hold, because no one knows what the rules of the game are,' says one accounting firm partner.
December 20 -
The regulator’s frequent reviews display shortcomings in three different areas, according to a new GAO report.
December 17 -
JPMorgan Chase executives were supposed to make sure employee communications were archived for regulatory scrutiny. But for years, even the bosses were using their mobile phones to tap out work-related messages — a practice so pervasive that U.S. authorities dropped the hammer Friday, imposing $200 million in fines.
December 17 -
Advocacy clinics at law schools can help protect vulnerable clients, but only if they're well-funded and widely distributed.
December 16 -
The orders from FINRA and the SEC respectively fault the firms for unsuitable rollovers and deficiencies exposed in a microcap scheme.
December 16 -
Former rep Edward L. Turley has at least five other pending arbitration cases seeking more than $62 million in damages.
December 16 -
A broker and a sales associate from his office face separate cases that have resulted in at least $1.18 million in payouts from their former firm.
December 15 -
Join industry experts to explore how financial institutions can better prepare for future compliance issues associated with the evolving landscape.
December 15 -
The U.S. brokerage arm of the Swiss bank must pay damages under a FINRA arbitration case otherwise found to be ‘clearly erroneous.’
December 13 -
JPMorgan Chase is preparing to pay roughly $200 million to resolve U.S. regulatory investigations into lapses over monitoring employee communications.
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