Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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A potential regulation called the "retirement security rule" is already facing pushback. Here are the first reactions across the industry in favor and against it.
October 31 -
The agency recommends that financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients start by using a tool on its website and offers a few other helpful words of advice.
October 30 -
With the agency receiving tens of billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act, a new watchdog report identified several areas for improvement.
October 30 -
A well-known business owner and advocate for the elderly now stands accused of stealing $2.25 million.
October 27 -
Chairman Gary Gensler draws attention to high-profile cases over WhatsApp and other messenger communications as well as the need for crypto regulation.
October 26 -
The online portals could make working with the agency easier for financial advisors, tax professionals and their business owner clients.
October 25 -
A new report by the investor advocate bar finds most brokers seeking purges of past customer complaints go unchallenged by securities watchdogs and aggrieved clients.
October 24 -
The late actor's estate fell short in a five-year quest involving the distribution of a hedge fund position when his financial advisor left UBS for Merrill Lynch.
October 24 -
Thomas Brenner joins his accomplices Perry 'King Perry' Santillo and Christopher Parris in receiving prison sentences for defrauding investors.
October 23 -
Regulators promise to pay special attention to how firms are using technology to not only guide investments but also to protect client data.
October 19 -
Avantax's parent had sued two firms owned by its future buyer and one of its major branches prior to the agreement to go private in a billion-dollar acquisition.
October 18 -
Regulators are likley to enter into dialogue with industry about the best way to proceed.
October 16 -
Firms and industry groups warn that the regulator's proposal for reining in robo-advisors and sophisticated investing algorithms would step on their fiduciary duties and Regulation Best Interest.
October 11 -
Jonathan Vincent Glenn's admissions follow his $3 million settlement with the SEC over similar charges.
October 10 -
Mandating the use of pricey arbitrators for retail investor complaints makes no sense — other than to make the process prohibitively expensive, argue two investor advocates.
October 5 -
FINRA booted Scott Reed from the industry after he went outside his firm to raise money for a software and web development firm.
October 3 -
Over the weekend, Congress approached and then retreated from fiscal armageddon. Wall Street's response: Whatever.
October 2 -
The Wall Street giant's private bank contends it had advised the plaintiffs against concentrating their money in risky investments.
October 2 -
Citigroup will pay almost $2 million to settle SEC allegation that two of the bank's brokerages recommended trades to customers without appropriately mailing disclosures to them.
September 29 -
Perella Weinberg's self-reporting of violations led to a much smaller fine than those imposed on other firms.
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