Opposing the fiduciary standard may be pro-Wall Street, but it's anti-small business.

After taking a few days to digest the 1,000-page Department of Labor fiduciary rule, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)—perhaps the biggest opponent of the rule—admitted that the DOL did address some of...

They listen. | Comstock Images/Stockbyte/Thinkstock ​Financial advisors have the ear of their wealthiest clients when it comes to making investment decisions, more so than family members or family office executives, according to a new stud...

Since the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority debuted its Securities Helpline for Seniors a year ago, more than $1.25 million in reimbursements have gone back to customers because the regulator raised the issues to the firms...

The Department of Labor’s final fiduciary rule, released Wednesday, differed enough from the proposed version that the DOL felt compelled to publish a lengthy chart detailing where the two diverged...

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government panel that decided MetLife Inc. was too big to fail erred by not evaluating the insurer’s vulnerability to financial distress, according to the federal judge who rescinded that designation last week...

They like me? They really like me! | Copyright Bryan Thomas, Getty Images The prediction markets have former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton as the runaway winner of November’s presidential election, CNBC is reporting. Cl...

The Department of Labor released the final version of the fiduciary rule on Wednesday, and though it was more lenient than many expected, wealth management technology vendors see the rule as a catalyst for widespread adoption...