A well-educated arbitrator will be better able to see phony arguments from both sides in a dispute.
More than a third of brokerage firms examined by Finra and the SEC made one or more potentially unsuitable recommendations of variable annuities to senior investors.
Firms are at the drawing board designing retirement products, thanks to new guidance issued last week by the Treasury and Labor departments
Head of the agency's Division of Investment Management will leave before the end of the month
Regulator says the clearing and custody firm violated the customer protection rule, which requires that a certain level of funds be set aside to protect against broker-dealer misuse or insolvency.
SEC examiners are using a new analysis tool that looks at 27 different areas of data from advisory firms, securities lawyer says.
The revelation of accounting errors at Nick Schorsch's flagship REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, could not have come at a worse time. Here's why. <i>(Also: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141030/FREE/141039985/national-planning-holdings-puts-kibosh-on-arc-nontraded-reit-sales" target="_blank">BD puts kibosh on ARC nontraded REIT sales</a>)</i>
SEC official tells alternative mutual funds to define principal strategies for investors.
Selling away is just one of the allegations that felled James “Jeb” Bashaw, LPL's former Houston branch manager.
It's time for Finra to get serious about making sure investors know BrokerCheck exists.
Agency approves Finra's proposal to boost fees on larger claims in order to better pay the roughly 6,300 arbitrators
Claims over the firm's Puerto Rican bond funds exceed $900 million, three times as much as in the first quarter, and plaintiffs' attorneys say the number will probably climb higher.
Finra fines WFG Investments $700,000 for failing to supervise registered reps
Mark Casady apologizes to LPL Financial shareholders for compliance missteps as company takes hit to third-quarter profits. <i>(See also: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20141017/FREE/141019926"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">LPL's regulatory hit list</a>)</i>
Former star LPL broker and Houston branch manager James "Jeb" Bashaw is no longer joining Wunderlich Securities, and is also fighting back against <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141013/FREE/141019977" target="_blank">LPL's allegations</a>.
Analysts are unnerved by LPL Financial's inability to close the cash register on regulatory charges after CEO Mark Casady <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20141021/FREE/141029976"" target=""_blank"" rel="noopener noreferrer">said compliance failures could cost $23 million</a> in the third quarter.
Financial planning clients not getting what they pay for because of a lack of government-enforced professional standards, according to the study sponsor, the Financial Planning Coalition
It is time for the commission to get to work and craft a rule to make this policy a reality.
A Republican majority would likely boost the passage of GOP-favored bills, but not the consideration of industry concerns.
An elite private banking duo plans to take legal action accusing the wirehouse of wrongful termination last month, their attorney says.
