Tackles broker communications with the public as well as gifts, gratuities and non-cash payments; will look at other regulations.
All brokers and advisers still are subject to principles of human decency, in addition to compliance rules.
The rush to offer advisers compliant networks leads to a mishmash of options, as well as services to feed such sites
Inland American offers shareholders a way to cash out, but place limits on the buyback and values shares at no more than $6.50 a share.
Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services wants to help them make a concerted push into plan advising
Documents are way too long, information is split up among multiple documents, and the legalese is mystifying
Regulator is 'playing the long game,' sees advisers as regulatory and revenue opportunity, IAA's Neil Simon says.
Startup is collaborating with LinkedIn to help firms' social-media presence
Bank of America Merrill Lynch should be able to top 30% pretax profit margins as retirement demographics and other tail winds help boost the business. But how it will team its brokerage and banking operations is an open question.
Across the industry, executives share concerns: generational shifts, regulation and how to update legacy platforms.
Without the additional $324 million it requested, the SEC won't be able to hire additional personnel to expand RIA examinations. What does this mean for advisers?
The parent company of Southwest Securities, SWS Group, received $7-a-share offer from Hilltop Holdings. The offer was a 16% premium to the stock's closing price on Thursday. Bruce Kelly has the story.
Seven lobby groups representing investment advisers and consumers are urging lawmakers to sign on to legislation that would charge advisers a user fee to fund more regulatory exams.
Hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors won partial approval of its $1.8 billion settlement with the U.S. as a federal judge signed off on an agreement to resolve a civil money-laundering case.
The tables are starting to turn. Recognizing the growing impact of (and interest in) social media for advisers, broker-dealer compliance departments have been relaxing their grip, according to Michael Kitces, and that could be bad news for RIAs.
The social media management and compliance platform plans to accelerate product development
The SEC's move to define customer review ground rules is good but raises important and difficult questions.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Backing off the big bounce. Plus: Bill Gross confesses, Bank of America pays for cheesy marketing tactics, investing in wind energy and an urgent reminder to change those passwords
Albany reaches for more than 100% of taxable portion
Investors also take profits after strong year in the market
