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Older wealth management clients fear serious health problems that could come with living longer. Advisors have a big role to play in helping them.

The proposals would let firms sign up for a pilot program to test remote branch inspections and require less frequent in-person exams of supervisors' home offices.

From ordinary couples to the ultrarich, people of any wealth level are vulnerable to financial abuse and domestic violence. Wealth managers, who can see into a household's finances, can make a difference.

Regulators promise to pay special attention to how firms are using technology to not only guide investments but also to protect client data.

The new offering will be only open to accredited investors and qualified clients.

The Wall Street giant's private bank contends it had advised the plaintiffs against concentrating their money in risky investments.

A taxpayer failed in his quest to use the "reasonable cause and good faith" exception to avoid an IRS fine of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The agency's criminal investigation arm has opened probed at least 252 claims under the pandemic-era employee retention credit amounting to $2.8 billion worth of subsidies.

The federal court decision ended a former Chase branch-based advisor's saga of a half dozen years after the firm alleged he broke its rules for notarizing documents.

Commissioner Danny Werfel's announcement of a massive effort "to ensure the IRS holds our wealthiest filers accountable" caught experts' attention.

The SEC accused the firm of raising a sixth round of funding even though red flags were popping up left and right.

Firms have paid out more than $2.5 billion since December 2021 for the misuse of unofficial communications channels like WhatsApp.

With market uncertainty still in the air, annuities continue to break sales records. Advisors say they work for some clients, but not all.

The Swiss banking giant will cover some 3,000 stocks and 18,000 bonds.

The federal regulator reopens the comment period for its rule on safeguarding client assets in response to its new auditing requirement for private funds.

Extra diligence on the advisor's end can help HNW clients avoid potentially disastrous lawsuits

A brokerage client's portfolio was gradually invested almost exclusively in the fund manager WisdomTree over a decade.

The Wall Street regulator tweaked how it handles frequent inspections after the GAO uncovered shortcomings in its practices two years ago.

Many advisors use real estate investment trusts to hedge against inflation while also providing steady dividend income. But private funds still provoke skepticism.