Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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He intercepted checks from her home when she wasn’t there and forged her signature to steal her money, investigators say.
December 7 -
A recent report provides insights into the regulator's concerns, that include cybersecurity, anti-money laundering and alternative investments.
December 7 -
The proposed overhaul may severely limit investors’ ability to minimize capital gains on stock.
December 7 -
The bank's retail brokerage business sold customers shares in mutual funds with front- or back-end sales charges when they were eligible for Class A shares that waived the upfront sales load, FINRA claimed.
December 6 -
Integration, scalability and service model are key to selecting a vendor.
December 6 -
Survey shows advisors accept fiduciary mindset but do not see major impact on product choices yet.
December 4 -
More deals are expected in a post-DoL world, Schwab executives say.
December 4 -
Financial advisors can still be held liable for violating impartial conduct standards even though the fiduciary rule has been delayed until 2019.
November 29 -
Variable products suffered their worst quarter in two decades, while fixed contracts also declined.
November 29 -
Investors would be required to sell the shares they purchase first, which often is the lot that has the most gains and thus generates the bigger tax hit.
November 29 -
Analysts are worried that flows to passive funds may create lockstep moves between shares, distorting the market.
November 29 -
A massive acquisition, the possible end of the Broker Protocol and other issues will shape the industry in 2018.
November 28 -
The IBD's longtime head stepped down as part of a plan to remake the firm.
November 28 -
The regulation's enforcement provisions will not take effect until July 1, 2019, the Labor Department said.
November 27 -
The uncertain tax and legislative environment means that year-end tax planning is more important than usual. To help clients and businesses prepare for filing season, here are helpful tips.
November 27 -
Nov. 27: Product shelves are changing as issuers modify their pitch to planners in the wake of the fiduciary rule and wane of traditional wholesaling.
November 22 -
The violations, which occurred from January 2009 through May 2017, affected approximately 95% of the firm's non-registered employees, according to FINRA.
November 21 -
The rep used an unauthorized ATM card he secretly created to swipe $120 from a customer's bank account, FINRA claimed.
November 20 -
Wholesalers have taken a new tack for a group leery of sales calls, regulation and litigation.
November 20 -
The former United Planners' advisor conducted the sales without his firm's permission over nearly a decade, according to the regulator.
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