Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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Regulators are taking the first step towrard the most widespread revamp in more than a decade in the way that stocks are traded.
December 14 -
The eight defendants in the federal investigation stand accused of making more than $100 million from manipulating stocks on social media.
December 14 -
For financial planners working with digital assets, the key to staying on regulators' good side is to 'disclose, disclose, disclose.'
December 13 -
Lawyers see many reasons for concern when discussing the asset class with investors, but not enough to avoid talking about it and learning about it.
December 12 -
A retired dentist won a huge FINRA arbitration award after accusing his best friend and longtime broker of trading in tech stocks without his consent.
December 9 -
Publicly traded companies exposed to the "crypto winter" and the collapse of FTX or other digital-asset companies might have to disclose those details to investors under new guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
December 8 -
Bradley Goodbred allegedly defrauded a widow in her 90s through a real estate investment scheme, the latest example of a rising number of scams targeting seniors.
December 7 -
FINRA accused FSC, Royal Alliance, SagePoint and Woodbury of "negligently omitting material facts" about an alternative asset manager, FINRA said.
December 6 -
With a message that stresses education and warns of volatility, the organization is reminding CFPs that their responsibilities don't change when the asset is digital.
December 5 -
The push to regulate non-traded REITs lurks behind new concerns about liquidity.
December 5 -
The former CEO of Sanctuary's predecessor firm, financial advisor Mark W. Damer, won a major arbitration award related to his 2019 termination.
December 1 -
Lincoln, Morgan Stanley, Western International must pay combined $1.7 million over supervision cases In two FINRA enforcement cases and an arbitration award, wealth management firms are resolving allegations that they breached their duties.
November 30 -
The megabank's traditional brokerage unit has already paid a FINRA arbitration award and five settlements totaling $47.4 million.
November 29 -
Revelations about the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX's inroads into the banking system raise important questions about how limited the crypto crash really is.
November 29 -
Royal Bank of Canada's planned acquisition of HSBC Holdings' Canadian unit would expand its lead in the country's heavily concentrated financial market, strengthening its dealings with companies and wealthy individuals, while potentially drawing scrutiny from regulators.
November 29 -
Goldman Sachs Group will pay $4 million to settle U.S. regulators' claims that its asset management unit didn't properly weigh environmental, social and governance factors in some of its investment products.
November 23 -
The new federal regulations will allow, but not require, 401(k) fiduciaries to take environmental, social and governance principles into account.
November 22 -
Moves by cryptocurrency exchanges to reassure markets about their stability are having little effect on jittery users, who keep pulling funds from the venues.
November 21 -
Regulators' amendment would prevent dealers who have been found liable from even trying to get records erased.
November 18 -
The founder of the JLL Income Property Trust non-traded REIT thinks real estate deserves a place on advisors' list of alternative investments.
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