Eliminating the step-up in basis for calculating taxes may not become law, but it’s worth exploring options with your small enterprise-owner clients, says Sophia Duffy.

O’Connell violated six state laws, according to a regulatory complaint.

The nonprofit is serious about weeding out bad actors among CFP holders, writes Tom Sporkin, the official hired to run its compliance efforts.

Nearly 100 clients Mata allegedly defrauded for $14.5 million have received paltry restitution after exhausting every possible method.

The Houston, Texas-based firm was also censured and required to retain an independent consultant.

The wirehouse is the latest firm to have its financial advisors called out publicly by the regulator for disregarding warnings about holding the ETNs for a long time.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is ramping up enforcement against cryptocurrency providers, as the Internal Revenue Service has also stepped up investigations and compliance efforts.

FINRA arbitrators decided not to hold the major custodian liable for transactions prior to 2008, an attorney for the clients says.

The firms agreed to censures, the settlement payments and to cease-and-desist orders tied to their alleged misconduct.

Sanctuary also failed to review outside business activities of certain representatives and did not terminate a securities offering that failed to meet the minimum contingency requirement, FINRA says.

Former clients of Isaiah L. Goodman shared the financial losses and other harmful impact of the $2.3-million scheme.

The regulator’s annual industry snapshot and financial report offer a nuanced picture of wealth management’s most significant dividing line.

Robinhood revealed several new inquiries from state and federal watchdogs as it pushes ahead to sell shares in one of the year’s most anticipated IPOs.

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.