Brokerage industry is only one in which professionals as deemed guilty until proven innocent.
Following the rules while using social media is not as hard as you think. Try it. You might like it.
B-D that was part of Massachusetts settlement is now facing questions from Pennsylvania
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The bull run is not over; neither is the spike in volatility. Plus: The upside of suddenly cheaper stocks, JPMorgan's big miss, mutual fund investors always get creamed, placing speed bumps in front of high-frequency traders and not having Kathleen Sebelius to kick around anymore.
Advocates of higher standard surprised at SEC official's comment
That's how a forensic accountant described the financial condition of superstar adviser Don DeWaay, who today agreed to a $3M settlement with investors.
The new SEC investor advocate establishes the narrative with story about his upbringing.
B-D regulator picks communications and gratuities &mdash; areas with plenty of complaints, questions &mdash; for initial focus.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> All eyes are on earnings. Plus: The SEC discovers high-frequency trading, momentum takes out passive investors, AAA credit ratings becoming extinct, new love for emerging markets, six solid stocks to watch this week, overwhelmed at the IRS, and Switzerland votes for the world's highest minimum wage.
Tackles broker communications with the public as well as gifts, gratuities and non-cash payments; will look at other regulations.
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.
Regulator is 'playing the long game,' sees advisers as regulatory and revenue opportunity, IAA's Neil Simon says.
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?
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.
<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
<i>Friday's menu:</i> Where investors go when BRICs crack. Plus: How advisers can &mdash; and should &mdash; deal with male and female clients, mounting sanctions drive Russia toward China for economic help, investor class-action lawsuits spike, and saving money on travel.
Three clients of former broker at Hancock unit receive award for losses in failed land deals.
The woes stemming from UBS AG's unit in Puerto Rico over the sale of local, closed-end municipal bond funds have landed squarely in the lap of UBS brokers and financial advisers in the island commonwealth.
