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Government watchdogs propose more oversight amid collapse of crypto and falling markets.

The giant wealth management firm allegedly made inaccurate representations to the regulator involving the call logs on two of its internal network drives.

The top U.S. financial regulators are worried about the prospect of deeper ties between digital-asset firms and Wall Street.

Planners should start with the basics then take a longer-term view, according to a panel at FP's INVEST: Cryptocurrency for Advisors conference.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The push to regulate non-traded REITs lurks behind new concerns about liquidity.

In two FINRA enforcement cases and an arbitration award, wealth management firms are resolving allegations that they breached their duties.

The megabank's traditional brokerage unit has already paid a FINRA arbitration award and five settlements totaling $47.4 million.

Crypto boosters are quick to caution jittery investors that other, better-regulated industries have not been immune to scandals.

Moves by cryptocurrency exchanges to reassure markets about their stability are having little effect on jittery users, who keep pulling funds from the venues.

The founder of the JLL Income Property Trust non-traded REIT thinks real estate deserves a place on advisors' list of alternative investments.

In hindsight, Sam Bankman-Fried's April interview with Bloomberg's "Odd Lots" podcast was a harbinger of his epic collapse last week. He described a "box" that has value only because other people put money in it, and, when confronted with the idea that he described a Ponzi scheme, admitted there was a "depressing amount of validity" to that.

CapWealth Advisors founder Tim Pagliara said a federal jury sided with the firm because its clients had, in fact, paid lower overall fees on their mutual funds.

Consumer advocates cheered the outcome of the case and the regulator's enforcement push in recent years. Commonwealth's case is still pending.

An attorney for Keith Todd Ashley said he plans to appeal his fraud conviction and plead not guilty to capital homicide.

The firm's latest supervisory case involving its oversight of former brokers comes as regulators and client attorneys have more tools under the 2-year-old rule.

In a panel at PIABA's annual conference, the head of the regulator's arbitration program discussed how the bombshell case has led to reforms.