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.

The wirehouse is accused of not doing enough to prevent employees of its Smith Barney unit from making unauthorized transfers.

The nominee for head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins, will pursue a more deregulatory and crypto-friendly approach than Gary Gensler.

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.

The long efforts to put in place the enforcement mechanisms to attack syndicated conservation easements appear to at last be finalized.

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.

Brokers from 15 firms have been suspended, fined and sometimes — but rarely — fired in a sweep that stretches back to 2022.

Former Western Asset Management co-Chief Investment Officer Ken Leech was charged with engaging in an alleged "cherry-picking" trading scheme.

Compliance experts think the costs of going along with a sweeping investigation are ignored by regulators touting the benefits of cooperation.

The Internal Revenue Service is extending the transition period for revising claims for the research and development tax credit through Jan. 10, 2026.

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.

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.

The SEC Chair oversaw a sweeping rulemaking agenda that drew resistance from many advisory and brokerage industry representatives.

A government watchdog reports that Labor Department regulations haven't made much of an impact on the levels of disclosure and comprehension.

Whoever is named SEC chair by the president-elect is likely to take a lighter hand on crypto, AI and "regulation by enforcement."

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.

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.

The incoming GOP majorities in the House and Senate mean Trump can enact a tax bill without making concessions to Democrats.

Former financial advisors accused the firm of filing false disclosures about a template invoice their onetime employer claimed they sent to clients.

Big firms would be paying $415,000 a year more by 2029, while most brokers would see a far smaller hit.