Defendants in the long-running case have been ordered to pay restitution to more than 200 plans. Assets were allegedly siphoned from benefits payments to buy property and used for other personal expenses.
For several months, SEC examiners have been demanding that money managers explain the standards they use for classifying funds as environmental, social and governance-focused.
The regulator sued five BitConnect promoters in May for their roles in promoting the scheme by creating testimonials on YouTube, sometimes multiple times a day.
The agency is considering more stringent disclosure requirements for investment funds amid concerns that some fund managers are making unfounded ESG claims.
Paige Pierce, chief executive of Bley Investment Group, emphasized updating the Finra rulebook during her campaign. Timothy Sheve, chief executive of Janney Montgomery Scott, and James Crowley, chief executive of Pershing Advisor Solutions, also were elected to the board.
The former lieutenant governor of Maryland has been one of the driving forces in that state's forthcoming auto IRA program.
Researchers have raised questions about the credentials of money managers who claim they are marketing funds designed to address the climate crisis and social injustice.
A North Carolina Bankruptcy Court decided that inherited 401(k) accounts do indeed receive creditor protection under ERISA as long as the funds are still in the plan at the time of the bankruptcy filing.
The SEC says Dean Tellone and his California firm hid information from mortgage investors.
Regulators are privately signaling that they're still not satisfied with the bank's progress in compensating victims and shoring up controls.
The agency could be on the path toward clarifying whether online trading platforms are giving investment advice. The examination will also consider potential conflicts of interest between brokers and investors.
Carrie Tolstedt, who was a senior vice president at the bank, cited her constitutional right against self-incrimination more than 100 times in a response filed to an SEC complaint claiming she misled investors.
The agency fined 8 firms, including Cetera and Cambridge, a total of $750,000 for inadequate policies and procedures to protect customer information.
Two clients complained to LPL about annuity contracts that differed from the ones they agreed to purchase, according to the regulator.
The long-delayed report, which is due every year no later than April 1, is expected this week and should highlight the pandemic's impact on program funding.
On Thursday, the asset manager's shares had plunged as much as 14.2% on the news that Germany’s financial markets regulator, BaFin, and U.S. prosecutors were probing claims by a former sustainability executive that DWS overstated the amount of assets adhering to social and environmental criteria.
The agency issued a wide-ranging request for comment on how online brokerages use game-like features and other tools to attract investors.
Only about a third of U.S. savers are even aware that they pay fees on their retirement plans, a new report from the GAO found.
Gary Gensler calls consumer advocate Roper 'a champion for investors'; she has worked for 35 years at the Consumer Federation of America.
Federal court freezes the assets of Marietta, Georgia, registered investment adviser John Woods.
