The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission played coy again on Tuesday when outlining a timeframe the industry can expect the regulator’s uniform fiduciary standard, saying that the staff was moving forward “expeditiously...

A family of Volunteers. Clients with families are, naturally, keen on saving money and making the wisest investment decisions possible. But where they live is perhaps just as important to their financial wellbeing. New York and Hawaii, for...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew cautioned against overhauling recent financial regulations implemented under Dodd-Frank during a speech at SIFMA's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. ...

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled expanded criminal charges against three men in connection with a massive 2014 cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and the hacking of several other major financial companies and financial news...

E-trading platforms cut costs and add liquidity by unlocking bond inventories not otherwise available.

United Capital recently expanded its footprint in the retirement business by acquiring Maryland-based PSA Insurance & Financial Services' $1.1 billion in plan practice assets...

Minorities and women remain underrepresented at agencies that regulate the financial services industry, including at the Securities and Exchange Commission, a report released Thursday found. The Committee on Financial Services' report highligh...

House Democrats and Republications are teaming up to draft legislation that would create an alternative “best interest standard” for advisors to operate under when working with retirement accounts...

To each her own. | Copyright Mario Tama, Getty Images Some wealth management firms are developing platforms for providing specialized socially responsible investing for their clients, according to Institutional Investor. Morgan Stanley, fo...

To help prepare financial services firms for the next round of testing by the Security and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance and Examinations, External IT released a white paper identifying three key areas were financial...