Broker-dealers are browbeating clients to settle arbitration cases by inundating them with requests for discovery information, according to a top state securities regulator
Faced with withering criticism about pay levels, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. last year paid no bonuses to its top executives.
Investors filing claims against brokerages would be able to request public arbitration panels without industry representatives under a proposal Finra announced Tuesday.
Joint task force holds panel discussion with ETF providers, experts
Five leading financial regulators and a Treasury Department official told lawmakers today that their agencies are working together to implement the sweeping financial-regulatory-reform law.
Banks swarm the CFTC in a bid to to blunt new derivatives rules. One official described the campaign as 'unprecedented'
Retail investors should be able to rely on the financial guidance they receive, regardless of whether it's from an investment adviser or a broker, according to the SEC official leading the agency's study of fiduciary duty.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the burgeoning business of financial advisers' selling model portfolios of exchange-traded funds.
Regulator eyes cozy relationship between asset managers and hedgies, PE execs; 'proactive approach'
U.S. life insurers, a group led by MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc., would be prohibited from retaining death benefits without specific consent of clients, under a proposal today by state legislators.
Despite criticism from the brokerage industry, a revamp of 12(b)-1 fees is long overdue
An additional 4,200 investment advisory firms regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission will fall under the purview of state regulators if the Senate passes the financial-reform bill.
Even if Republicans make gains in the elections, financial reform – including the push for a universal standard of care for advisers – will be hard to derail
Although it is still unclear whether the Securities and Exchange Commission will back a universal standard of care for brokers and investment advisers, one thing is certain: Investors want a single standard.
I thought the article “No profit in talking politics with clients” (Aug. 29) was spot-on.
Former Citigroup Inc. stockbroker Ralph Casbarro was fined $500 and received no prison sentence or probation for his involvement in a scheme to let day traders eavesdrop on internal conversations over brokers' “squawk boxes.”
In the two months since sweeping financial reform legislation became law, the measure has failed to win over the vast majority of investment advisers. Others say they're just plain confused by it.
