Regulation

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler doubled down on his calls for more oversight of cryptocurrency trading platforms on Wednesday, offering new insight into his priorities as he seeks to crack down on the digital coin industry. 

Financial advisors have a variety of objectives in working with their investment-planning clients. But when all is said and done, clients are usually mainly interested in a successful road map to growing and protecting their wealth to and through retirement. Risk management is a crucial part of that plan and how wealth managers can bring value to clients. In this session Michael Moriarty, Chief Investment of Wealthspire and Rick Bookstaber, Founder & Head of Risk of Fabric will discuss how investors and markets are changing and how advisors can position themselves to excel in this new landscape.

In a compliance case, the SEC accused LPL of failing to verify conflicting information when it opened a customer account and processed wire transfers.

While the pandemic slowed down investigations and court cases, state regulators continued to chase financial scamsters, data shows.

A new report from PIABA says independent advisors are as bad as brokers when it comes to cheating investors and paying awards.

The XY Planning Network of fee-only advisors and investment advisor Michael Kitces say consumers are being deceived when brokers use labels like “wealth manager” and “financial advisor.”

The Salt Lake City broker-dealer, under scrutiny by regulators over its exorbitant fees and seizure of client money, lost a court battle seeking to force regulator FINRA to deal with it in person.

Brokerages that want to hire someone with a checkered past have to undergo a “consultation” with the watchdog and may have to try to renew their memberships.

Some funds touting their environmental and socially responsible investments may be exaggerating.

Carrie Tolstedt invoked her right to remain silent about allegations she misled bank customers.