As regulator made it clear it was ready to fight tooth and nail, firm moves to settle, pay a fine.
A new paper by the organization concludes $17 billion estimate of lost retirement savings not substantiated.
Top executives at the firm are among those facing smaller bonuses after a year of discouraging financial results.
Republican Piwowar criticizes Finra's plan for a massive brokerage data collection mechanism, asking whether it's a "solution in search of a problem."
Regulators are steamed by B-Ds that mark up postage charges to clients. You can't blame them. In some cases, brokerages are socking customers up to $75 per transaction.
A new array of developing legal risks awaits unwary retirement plans and their advisers.
Judges said the firm must face a class-action lawsuit on mortgage debt in bond funds.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Plus: Buffet's opaque empire, Obama's regulatory plans and New York's efforts to keep its meat hooks in tax refugees.
The dominance of algorithms in trading means advisers need to re-evaluate their processes
Lisa McAlister, the company's former chief accounting officer, pulls her defamation suit, in which she claimed she was a scapegoat for a $23 million accounting error.
Plaintiffs claimed defense contractor breached fiduciary duty, mismanaged funds.
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Largest ETF firm wins victory in case questioning its lucrative securities-lending business.
Some agree with concept but argue that short treatment lumps everyone together and lacks nuance.
After Dodd-Frank, SEC relying more on own judges. Regulator claims practice is more efficient, but lawyers say it puts defendants at a disadvantage
Andrew Ceresney espoused the agency's increased use of in-house judges before a congressional panel, while steering clear of the debate over raising investment-advice standards.
Piwowar says agency should avoid the appearance it is using administrative law judges in enforcement cases to improve chances of success.
Jacob Frydman is focus of complaint that alleges plaintiff was fired for reporting 'certain improprieties' to Finra.
Group's 11-point guide seeks to get advisers on the same page without waiting for government rules.
The financial industry must take every action it can to weed out bad actors and rebuild investor confidence, including beefing up background checks for brokers.
