The financial advisory industry and its clients still may be struggling with the aftermath of the market crash — but investor plaintiff's attorneys are doing just fine, thank you.
Upset by what they see as government bailouts of banks that still aren't lending money, several small broker-dealers are floating the idea of getting government money to smaller firms.
An arbitration panel has awarded a former broker at Allegiant Securities LLC $100,000 in a case that arbitrators said involved a forged letter purporting to be from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.
The financial advisory industry and their clients still may be struggling with the aftermath of the market crash — but investor plaintiff's attorneys are doing just fine, thank you.
There's plenty of money-making opportunities right here in the USA, despite the sluggish economy, according to some industry observers.
State regulators are objecting to proposed amendments to the Investor Protection Act that would eliminate a requirement to look into the failures at self-regulatory organizations.
Merger-and-acquisition volume among RIA firms continues to run at a record pace.
The industry effort to regulate financial planning as a profession has support from within, but it won't escape opposition from other sectors of the financial services community, several industry leaders said last week.
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. is pursuing a legal strategy that could give it a leg up in collecting from brokers who owe the firm money on retention packages.
