Your client has an account with a bank located in a foreign country. The client has heard that the government is imposing onerous penalties for failure to file a FBAR report by June 30. Are they in trouble? What should they do immediately to resolve the situation?
The Securities and Exchange Commission would gain more authority to make rules governing broker compensation under draft legislation sent by the Department of the Treasury to Capitol Hill Friday.
Nine months into the fiscal year, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time.
Kids are learning that when the economy gets tough, the tough will cut back on their spending, according to a recent poll from the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Senior Finra officials have started to tell broker-dealer executives and representatives that they should think twice when selling Section 529 college savings plans.
Negotiations aimed at settling the Internal Revenue Service's tax evasion lawsuit against Swiss bank UBS AG gained traction this morning when a federal judge agreed to postpone the case until early August or possibly longer.
President Obama's regulatory reform proposals provided a broad outline and left many of the details to Congress. Ideally, before filling in those details, Congress will gather evidence on what caused the financial crisis, and where regulation actually broke down.
The College Savings Initiative will hold its third round table tomorrow in Washington to discuss ways to make Section 529 college savings plans more widely available to lower-income families.
Late last year, CLS Investments LLC and RegentAtlantic Capital LLC began laying off employees in anticipation of a drawn-out revenue slough.
In the wake of the economic crisis, the majority of Americans have lost their confidence in their families' future, a recent survey shows.
The latest iteration of social and religious investment screens hit the market on the last trading day of June with the launch of the JETS Dow Jones Islamic Market International Index Fund (JVS).
When Ben Marks set up shop as an independent registered investment adviser in November, he wasn't ready to give up the commissions that helped support him for more than a quarter century at large brokerage firms.
Like businesses across the financial services industry, clearing firms are feeling the pressure and the strain from the historic market downturn. It is a difficult and competitive business environment for the firms, which are key partners to broker-dealers, clearing and settling transactions for them and their representatives.
Recent raiding at broker-dealers has sparked ugly and bitter feuds and led to significant damage awards, and financial industry attorneys and experts see more cases in the offing.
Investors should prepare for a roller-coaster ride for the rest of the year as equity markets struggle to make headway.
Draft legislation that would give the Securities and Exchange Commission the authority to require brokers who give investment advice to act as fiduciaries was sent to Capitol Hill today by the Treasury Department.
