A little-known provision within the Dodd-Frank law gives the Securities and Exchange Commission the power to remove mandatory-arbitration language from client-broker agreements, which could expose broker-dealers to huge costs, according to observers
Dozens of plaintiffs suing brokerage firms this month have seen a veritable gusher of multimillion-dollar awards, leaving some plaintiff's attorneys anticipating a continued stream of such arbitration rulings
Montana's commissioner of securities and insurance has sued Securities America Inc. over the sale of failed private placements, making it the second state to target the broker-dealer for selling the risky investments.
Proposed change to ERISA expands fiduciary duty to include brokers who advise pension plans
The Republican takeover of the House predicted by key pundits next month would have a major impact on legislation related to retirement plans and the firms that manage their money — but only measures with broad bipartisan support are likely to become law.
Five years before a series of Medical Capital Holdings Inc. private placements disintegrated — wiping out $1.1 billion in investor cash — securities regulators were already concerned about the lack of audited financial information for the deals.
Finra tells Peak Securities to pay $400K to settle a claim over a private placement sale for Medical Capital. The kicker: hundreds more complaints loom as irate investors look to recoup losses from questionable Reg D offerings
Claim provision was written by litigators who don't want the law to work; 'disqualification office'
RBC Wealth Management unit will pay $690,000 to resolve a brokerage regulator's claims that a U.S. unit sold unsuitable financial products to elderly clients and others with modest net worth.
Were three awards totaling $25.1M in past two months a coincidence? Some attorneys don't think so
Investment advisers and their clients may want to wait before crafting financial strategies to address the tax relief and spending proposals outlined last week by President Barack Obama.
Investment advisers and their clients may want to wait before crafting financial strategies to address the tax-relief and spending proposals outlined today by President Barack Obama.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said her agency is poised to take on the scores of directives mandated by the financial regulatory reform bill President Barack Obama will sign into law Wednesday.
The following are remarks delivered by Securities and Exchange Commission member Elisse B. Walter on Sept. 21 in San Francisco at the SEC's inaugural hearing on the state of the municipal-securities market
State regulators are bracing for an onslaught of investment advisers who will have to register with them for the first time next year
The staunchest opposition to a universal fiduciary standard that would put clients' interests first isn't from securities brokers. It's from insurance agents, comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission show.
U.S. brokerages want to weigh in on how much the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority pays its senior executives and urged the watchdog to hire outsiders to investigate its ties to convicted money manager Bernard Madoff.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. is telling its member firms to vote against a series of proxy proposals put forth by a small California broker-dealer.
