Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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The wirehouse recruited two Morgan Stanley advisors, one of whom was previously terminated by Merrill in 2001, according to FINRA records.
September 11 -
Experts say the Fed is likely to kick the can down the road once more on rate hikes, setting up December as the next likely time for action.
September 10 -
Bennett and her firm claimed to be managing more than $2 billion in assets when the real number was no more than one-fifth of that amount, the SEC alleges.
September 9 -
Though technical issues with Bank of New York Mellon's fund accounting system left an estimated 10% of U.S. ETFs and some mutual fund providers unable to accurately price their products for nearly a week, the bank's custody business is expected to remain intact.
September 8 -
Three-quarters of economist surveyed by Bloomberg in August say the Fed will lift the upper bound of its target rate to 0.5 % at its Sept. 16-17 meeting.
September 2 -
The firm suffered another arbitration loss this week to clients seeking damages related to the firm's closed-end funds of Puerto Rico municipal bonds.
September 1 -
Industry arguments against the DoLs fiduciary rule proposal do not consider the digital revolution in financial advice.
September 1 -
Banks and credit unions have traded barbs for years with much of the banks' discontent aimed at credit unions' tax exemption.
August 31 -
Getting kicked out of the industry doesn't mean an end to payments from the sale of a book of clients. Plus, knowing whether FINRA's suitability rule applies to foreign clients.
August 31 -
The Board also sanctioned 19 other advisors, including one who allegedly lied about taking an exam on behalf of another advisor.
August 31 -
Investment managers facing tough questions from regulators over what caused trading disruptions for hundreds of exchange-traded funds this week said they got hit by a double whammy.
August 28 -
Two former advisors allege they were punished and eventually fired for reporting misconduct including trainees and interns entering trades as well as misleading clients during cold calls.
August 27 -
Mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments is warning deflationary pressures in the U.S. are building.
August 27 -
RIAs can be an easy entry point for organizations looking to move dirty money and avoid other financial entities that have formal AML procedures in place, says FinCEN.
August 27 -
The Wall Street regulator hit Charles Schwab with the penalty for net capital deficiencies and supervisory failures.
August 24 -
The bond market is sending a warning to the Federal Reserve: a false step could leave the U.S. bogged down in a disinflationary quagmire well into the next decade.
August 21 -
The advisor, who worked at U.S. Bank, claimed that he was fired in retaliation for complaining about a co-worker who he felt made unsuitable investments for the advisor's 94-year-old client.
August 20 -
With retirement savings plans directly in focus, the Labor Department is one step closer to implementing a new fiduciary standard whose scope heartens supporters and troubles critics.
August 19 -
Advisors, brokers and other industry insiders weighed in on the Labor Department's fiduciary proposal, laying out what they say are the benefits and pitfalls of the forthcoming rule.
August 18 -
Fiduciary advocates question the math behind the opponents' estimate, calling it an "Alice in Wonderland report" without backing.
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