Regulatory actions and programs

The lender eliminated production goals in effort to reassure regulators, lawmakers and customers after employees opened more than 2 million accounts without clients’ approval.

The bank can adapt to adjustments needed to deal with claims it opened 2 million customer accounts without authorization, according to CFO John Shrewsberry.

The Swiss firm alerted brokers that they may take their disputes to FINRA instead of resolving them in a private forum set up by the company.

An ex-American Realty Capital executive allegedly overstated a key accounting metric by roughly $13 million, according to the SEC and federal prosecutors.

From hiring sprees to accelerating software launches, companies are gearing up for the significant expenses and changes wrought by the new regulation.

The case is the latest related to alleged misconduct by a barred wirehouse broker who was also a nightclub owner.

The firm's expansion may also include assignments on private placements and unsecured-debt from real estate investment trusts, an executive says.

Risk aversion is what everyone thinks about first, and getting the lawyers involved is what everyone thinks about second.

See which independent broker-dealer boasts a compliance staff of more than 500, and which top firms have fewer than 100.

A lawyer for the bank had argued in a federal court that the severance proposal was a confidential settlement offer that shouldn't be public.

These investment advisories paid the price for passing along performance data faked by a third-party manager.

The department is defending the rule in three cases brought by Wall Street trade groups, which are aiming to dismantle the new regulation.

The agency also proposed a rule to permit cities to create their own savings plans.

The case, filed on behalf of an on-call branch office manager who works with advisers, follows similar retirement plan-related litigation recently filed against other firms, including Morgan Stanley.

The firm says it has put regulatory fines in its rearview mirror, has invested in tech upgrades and has devoted resources to helping advisers adapt to the DoL fiduciary rule.

The adviser, who was ranked in On Wall Street's Top 40 Under 40, is accused of conducting more than $1 million in private security transactions without notifying his employer, Hilliard Lyons.

The broker was barred for allegedly stealing at least $14,400 from three bank customers.

The RIA owner got insider tips from an attorney drunk on several glasses of wine, according to the SEC.

Nicholas Mitsakos allegedly used the funds to pay his credit card bills and make payments on his Mercedes, authorities charge.

The regulator sanctioned the brokerage firm for supervisory failures that stretched over a nearly two year period.