Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Regulators contend two firms falsely advertised themselves as the first to apply artificial intelligence to investment recommendations.
March 18 -
A federal court has temporarily halted the Securities and Exchange Commission's climate-related disclosure rule in response to a lawsuit from a pair of fracking companies.
March 18 -
Industry lawyers think the watchdog agency may be handling low-level missteps through informal means and saving the big fines for violations that harm clients or undermine markets.
March 14 -
A CFP Board-commissioned survey found that the vast majority of retirement savers think fiduciary standards for rollovers are already in place or should be.
March 12 -
Some companies are misrepresenting when food and wellness expenses can be paid for by FSAs, HSAs and other health spending plans.
March 8 -
One of the largest independent wealth management firms faces a big potential SEC judgment in a case that sheds light on industry revenue-sharing practices.
March 7 -
The Financial Services Institute continues to push for a return to a Trump Administration rule it contends offered clarity in employment questions.
March 6 -
A divided Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new rule to require companies to provide climate-related disclosures, but scaled back the original proposal.
March 6 -
A new GAO study adds more fuel to the research suggesting the agency should be probing more rich households. Tax pros say those efforts will have big implications.
February 29 -
A lawyer says the industry has been on notice at least since the "Boom Boom Room" scandal of the 1980s that hostile workplaces won't be tolerated.
February 28