Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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The deadline is fast approaching for brokerages to register home offices for employees performing supervisory functions.
December 13 -
A Dodd-Frank safeguard is playing out behind closed doors for the second consecutive time with the omissions of most details from the GAO's triennial report.
December 11 -
Critics of mandatory arbitration say it can go against investment advisors' fiduciary duty to always do what's best for clients.
December 10 -
President-elect Donald Trump will loom large over financial services next year. But new CEOs at Vanguard and LPL Financial, new heads of professional organizations and other key players will also drive change.
December 10 -
The wirehouse is accused of not doing enough to prevent employees of its Smith Barney unit from making unauthorized transfers.
December 10 -
The nominee for head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins, will pursue a more deregulatory and crypto-friendly approach than Gary Gensler.
December 9 -
Paul Atkins has a long history of criticizing industry watchdogs for what he considers regulatory overreach and is expected to take a light hand with the crypto industry.
December 4 -
The long efforts to put in place the enforcement mechanisms to attack syndicated conservation easements appear to at last be finalized.
December 3 -
President-elect Donald Trump is bringing numerous changes to wealth management with his return to the White House, from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to Social Security.
November 27 -
Brokers from 15 firms have been suspended, fined and sometimes — but rarely — fired in a sweep that stretches back to 2022.
November 26 -
Former Western Asset Management co-Chief Investment Officer Ken Leech was charged with engaging in an alleged "cherry-picking" trading scheme.
November 25 -
Compliance experts think the costs of going along with a sweeping investigation are ignored by regulators touting the benefits of cooperation.
November 25 -
The Internal Revenue Service is extending the transition period for revising claims for the research and development tax credit through Jan. 10, 2026.
November 25 -
The bulk of the haul came from the bankrupt crypto company Terraform Labs. But Morgan Stanley, LPL Financial, Ameriprise and other big firms also came under scrutiny.
November 22 -
FINRA must let the SEC weigh in before it can cast out one of its members, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found.
November 22 -
The SEC Chair oversaw a sweeping rulemaking agenda that drew resistance from many advisory and brokerage industry representatives.
November 21 -
A government watchdog reports that Labor Department regulations haven't made much of an impact on the levels of disclosure and comprehension.
November 20 -
Whoever is named SEC chair by the president-elect is likely to take a lighter hand on crypto, AI and "regulation by enforcement."
November 19 -
Business goals cannot always put clients' best interests first. Here's why even the executives leading fast-expanding advisory firms say the critics have a point.
November 19 -
The numbers are getting murkier, and the politics with a slim majority in the House and the minutiae of Senate reconciliation rules look anything but easy.
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