The more individually tailored a communication to a customer is, the more likely it is a recommendation, SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee said during the NASAA fall meeting.
While industry groups argue the programs will take business away from advisers, there are still ways to get involved in the retirement planning process.
The agency says the firm favored ‘flippers’ over institutional and retail clients when it allocated newly issued municipal bonds.
The broker-dealer self-regulator launched the exam sweep a couple of weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission released a request for comment about the “digital engagement practices” used by investment advisers and broker-dealers.
The salesman, Anthony DeJohn, improperly used BMO's funds by charging to his corporate card and obtaining reimbursement for $2,270 in daily commuting expenses, according to Finra.
The court granted a motion to dismiss the claims against the company, although the plaintiffs have 30 days to amend their complaint to address its shortcomings.
The rule change is effective immediately and will become operative on Jan. 1, if the Securities and Exchange Commission does not object.
Keith Gill’s employment at MML Investors Services overlapped with his involvement in the GameStop and meme stock frenzy that occurred in late 2020 and early 2021, according to the regulator.
The deal looks like a positive development for confused and cash-starved investors and financial advisers who sold the private placements.
The Ways and Means Committee approved $2.3 trillion in tax hikes to pay for the Biden administration's sweeping social and climate spending plan.
A proposed regulatory change wouldn't allow a single group of plans to have a consolidated audit, meaning that every participating employer of a certain size would have to have an annual audit.
In the wake of fresh regulatory action and a $250 million fine imposed on the bank this month, the senator asked the Fed to force the bank to separate its traditional bank and Wall Street businesses.
GOP senators assert that the SEC's effort to expand ESG reporting pushes a social policy agenda, while the SEC chair says agency is reacting to investors' demands for more information.
Rothschild and MML Investors Services are latest to be penalized for inadequate communications to clients concerning fund fees.
The House Ways and Means proposal does not include taxing unrealized capital gains on inherited assets and the hike it suggests in the capital gains tax rate is not nearly as big as some feared.
Comparing actively managed funds on the plan menu to index funds that were available was not an ideal comparison, according to the court.
In an attempt to appeal to moderates, House Democrats have proposed a package of tax increases that would raise the top rate on capital gains from 20% to 25%, instead of the 39.6% that Biden proposed.
The financial sector is in a much better place than it was 20 years ago, thanks to proactive safeguards that were put in place to protect the assets of millions of investors in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Bari Havlik, who's retiring, created a single national examination and risk monitoring program during her stint as Finra's top cop.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency cited deficiencies in the bank's home-lending business and said it violated a 2018 order tied to past problems.
