Congress introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at changing the estimated tax payment deadlines to a uniform, quarterly schedule.

The move brings wealth building and retirement planning advice to a large, underserved population of new clients.

The SEC alleged the company did not disclose its conflicts of interests related to mutual fund share classes, cash sweep arrangements, and no-transaction fee revenues, according to a recent SEC filing.

During his tenure as New Jersey’s top lawyer, the state proposed tougher rules for investment advisors and joined other states in suing financial firms.

The Advisor Group IBD missed 55 alerts suggesting suspicious disbursements by clients of Hector May, according to the SEC.

Thousands of clients paid sales charges that they wouldn’t have incurred had they held the pricey alternative products until maturity, according to FINRA.

House Democrats in high-tax New York, New Jersey, enlist help from firefighters, teachers and other union members to repeal the $10,000 SALT cap on deducting state and local taxes, including property taxes.

Such changes can occur without new rulemaking, agree fiduciary advocates and ex-regulators at an Institute for the Fiduciary Standard press conference

The nonprofit's response to the scathing criticism of the Independent Task Force on Enforcement was to protect its own executives at the expense of benefiting investors, writes Allan Roth.

The SEC has tweaked certain accounting rules and is considering doing more.

An emergency cease and desist order stopped the imposters in time.

Some clients may have to pay the money back if their jobs or salaries change.

“It will dramatically expand the number of advisors who will be fiduciaries under ERISA,” says one expert.

The company is making many employees sift through years of text messages on personal devices and set aside any related to work to ensure U.S. rules on keeping copies of business communications are met even after many months of remote work, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

Jose Ramirez says he doesn't recognize the criminal mastermind portrayed in the SEC's complaint against him.

The case against Centaurus Financial comes after the industry and consumer advocates decried the previous administration’s approach for different reasons.

According to the latest Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)’s “How America Banks” report, there is an estimated 7.1 million unbanked households in 2019. Given the record levels of unemployment, the pandemic has brought on the FDIC expects this number to rise. Join Joe Adler, American Banker’s Washington Bureau Chief and Leonard Chanin, Deputy to the Chairman of the FDIC as they discuss the FDIC’s stance on financial inclusion and how banks can get millions of unbanked Americans into the traditional banking system.

The agency is headed back to the drawing board with its proposed revision of how brokers get complaints removed from their record.

The judge declined the barred rep’s request for sentence reduction based on his “severe” bipolar disorder and restitution efforts.

The efforts to bolster risk controls and simplify global operations will ultimately lead to better shareholder returns, Jane Fraser said, while urging investors to show patience.