The giant IBD's lingering compliance issues should be "all done in 2015," says chairman and CEO Mark Casady.

U.S. asset-management executives met with international regulators to make the case that their firms don’t pose a risk to global financial stability.

Advocates for a new, stricter standard say momentum is on their side, while opponents argue that the rule-making process is too hasty.

As the DoL proposal enters the public comment period, here are two things 401(k) professionals and advisors concerned with how to comply should keep in mind.

Some of the proposed exemptions could be so expansively interpreted that they permit the egregious conduct that bona fide fiduciary standards are designed to constrain.

Texas veteran Leroy Brown Jr. lured in soldiers and veterans with outlandish affinity fraud, according to SEC complaint.

The much-anticipated DoL proposal extends a fiduciary standard to thousands of brokers and advisors providing investment advice on retirement accounts without barring certain types of compensation. But details on enforcement are still forthcoming.

Richard Ohrn, a former Chase and Wells Fargo broker accused of stealing money from customers, was discovered Sunday after staging his disappearance.

The firm says they "are pleased to welcome" Thomas Buck and his team.

JPMorgan Chase executives have been deposed and thousands of pages of internal documents subpoenaed as part of an SEC investigation into whether senior asset-management executives at the bank developed a policy of improperly steering clients into investments for JPMorgan's own financial gain, according to people familiar with the investigation.

While financial institutions are apt to remain wary of the cryptocurrency and others like it, the industry is ready for more-controllable versions of its distributed-ledger technology, a new report argues.

As older clients start drawing down their wealth, the industry needs younger investors to ensure its future, says Janney Montgomery Scott CEO Timothy Scheve.

If the Financial Stability Oversight Council was hoping for any kind of consensus on whether and how it should regulate asset management companies, the feedback it has received on its request for comment is likely disappointing.

Andrew Bowden will return to the private sector after four years of working to streamline the SEC's advisor exam program.

The allegations, coming from two former clients of the recently dismissed advisor, demonstrate how a big producer could also become a big liability for firms, securities law experts say.

IRS prosecutions spike in April, possibly as a not-so-gentle reminder during filing season that there can be a big price to pay for tax evasion and tax fraud.

Placing the opportunity for ordinary investors to invest in hot pre-IPO companies in a fund required SharesPost to first answer a question: how exactly would the fund be structured?

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, said it would change its lineup of money-market mutual funds to make them comply with new federal regulations.

Every day you delay is a day you are intentionally failing to comply with the rules.

Dwight Freeney, who played with the San Diego Chargers last season, claims the bank set him up with an unqualified private banker and her "notorious financial predator" boyfriend, according to court documents.