Strategies for RIAs to handle client complaints

This is the 18th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on…

Advisor social media: Update policy, avoid compliance risk

For financial advisors and wealth management firms, the risks of social media extend well beyond potential…

JPMorgan sues ex private client advisors over solicitation

For the third time in three months, JPMorgan is suing one of its former branch-based advisors…

Raymond James sues to retrieve dead advisor’s laptop

Raymond James is taking the widower of one of its former advisors to court for not…

Citi CEO ‘comfortable’ with Sieg investigation outcome

Citi CEO Jane Fraser said she is “comfortable” with the findings of an internal probe into…

SmartAsset studies international RIA registrations

There are only about 1,200 registered investment advisory firms that have filed with both the Securities…

Experts at Future Proof share how RIAs can safely use AI

Though AI adoption is on the rise in wealth management, standards and guidance aren’t keeping up.…

How RIAs create written policies and procedures

This is the 17th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on…

What advisors should know as SEC launches AI Task Force

The SEC’s recently launched AI Task Force will most likely make its investigations more efficient. It…

Gen AI guardrails prevent regulatory, reputational risk

Just a few years ago, at the dawn of the AI era, an advisory firm announced…

How new RIAs should shop for E&O insurance

This is the 16th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on…

Vanguard reaches $19.5M SEC settlement

Vanguard Advisers encouraged advisers to enroll customers in personal financial services without properly disclosing employees’ financial…

Citi’s Sieg takes to the airwaves in his own defense

Citi wealth head Andy Sieg took to the airwaves to deny accusations of workplace mistreatment; industry…

Key factors for financial advisors considering OSJs

This is the 15th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on…

Armed forces judge to lead SEC enforcement

Margaret “Meg” Ryan will lead the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division, putting a military judge…

Morgan Stanley wins deferred compensation cases with FINRA

Morgan Stanley has won another arbitration battle in a series of disputes in which it argues…

Deferred comp fight hits claims of advisor double-dipping

In big firms’ fight to avoid paying deferred compensation to advisors who jump to rivals, much…

Cit’s Sieg under outside legal investigation

Citi has enlisted a large outside law firm to help it conduct a human resources investigation…

Tax and trade issues financial advisors are facing

Global trade and tax policy questions with as-yet elusive answers could expose the U.S. economy and…

How businesses get big tax savings in OBBBA

Financial advisors and tax professionals with clients who own businesses of any size can help them…

Why compliance experts embrace NASAA marketing rule

Various compliance consultants think advisors and clients alike would benefit if state regulators were playing from…

Tax planning for parents under OBBBA

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act hiked and enshrined some tax savings for parents into permanent…