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Many investors don’t know what the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s BrokerCheck website is, but that’s about to change. FINRA launched a national ad campaign Monday to bring more awareness to the site, where investors can access info...
Despite industry efforts to get more women into the industry, the ranks of financial advisors are still dominated by men. (Females accounted for only 21 percent of the respondents in our recent 2015 Compensation Survey.) But, perhaps more overloo...
Investment bank Stifel Financial Corp (SF.N) is in advanced negotiations to acquire Barclays Plc's (BARC.L) U.S wealth management unit, according to three people familiar with the situation...
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Companies that take responsibility for their poor financial performance tend to see a later boost in their stock price, while those that blame third parties, like labor unions, the government or the economy, expe...
Mandated disclosures are tricky to get right; if written in a way consumers can easily understand, there is a good chance they aren't disclosing enough. Too much detail and legal jargon, and consumers' eyes pass right over them. ...
Despite all of the hand wringing among advisors and regulators about the need to attract young talent, few advisory firms seem to be the kind of place where millennials want to work...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority released on Wednesday new regulations aimed at enhancing investors' understanding of the impact of their broker changing firms and what that would mean to them...
Regulators are increasingly requesting a wider range of communication records from firms when conducting a regulatory exam. And while email is still by far the most commonly requested communication records, that is quickly changing, says Smarsh C...
