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NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 15, 2018
New details into MetLife pension scandal raise questions and alarms

State and federal inquiries promise to drag on for months.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 14, 2018
New tax law could increase pension risk transfers

Lower tax rates make it more advantageous to fully fund pension plans, often a prerequisite to conducting a pension risk transfer.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 14, 2018
Adviser charged with defrauding investors out of $1 million in 26-year-old real estate fraud

Massachusetts securities regulator says Thomas Riquier defrauded investors while son-in-law supervised.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS FINTECH FEB 14, 2018
Legislation is needed to help heirs access bitcoin accounts

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 13, 2018
401(k) plan sponsors are increasingly hiring fiduciary advisers

The DOL fiduciary rule and excessive-fee lawsuits are combining to raise the profile of fiduciary retirement plan advisers.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 13, 2018
Advisers trying to hide high-fee mutual fund share classes won't fool SEC

Agency has the ability to detect share-class issues using data-driven initiatives.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS RIAS FEB 13, 2018
New York adviser sentenced to six months for insider trading

Tibor Klein also will pay $20,000 fine for trading on 2010 Pfizer acquisition.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS ALTERNATIVES FEB 13, 2018
Newbridge target of investor complaints over REIT sales

Firm could face two dozen suits from police, firemen and other Philadelphia public employees alleging millions in damages, according to two attorneys handling the claims.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 12, 2018
SEC offers advisers amnesty to move clients out of high-fee mutual fund share classes

Enforcement division giving advisers until June 12 to declare intentions to self-report fiduciary violations and make financial restitution.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 12, 2018
Deutsche Bank Securities to pay $4.45 million over mortgage-backed securities

SEC says the firm profited at the expense of customers in trades from 2011 to 2015

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 12, 2018
SEC bars former Merrill rep Thomas J. Buck over commissions

Accused of charging clients excessive fees and commissions, Thomas J. Buck has already been barred by Finra and has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 09, 2018
LPL censured and fined $375,000 over brokered CD record keeping

Finra says firm did not have adequate risk-disclosure procedures in place

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RIAS FEB 08, 2018
Massachusetts regulator mulls greater fee disclosure

State-registered RIAs would have to provide fee table for greater transparency

By InvestmentNews
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 08, 2018
Minnesota rep barred for no-show over VA trades

Finra was investigating Brett Ashy for unauthorized transaction.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 08, 2018
Tax bill's implications for retirement planning

The new law may change the appropriate mix of tax-deferred and Roth contributions for clients.

By Jamie Hopkins
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 08, 2018
Finra: More than a quarter of arbitration awards go unpaid

Brokerage regulator seeks to involve SEC, Congress in solutions.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 07, 2018
Why the new tax law amounts to a 'stealth' tax increase

The government will use an inflation measure that causes things like marginal income tax rates to rise more slowly.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 07, 2018
SEC exam priorities target fee disclosures to retail investors

Agency also to take close look at Finra, cybersecurity, market structure.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 06, 2018
Former Berthel Fisher rep suspended for 21 months

Jeffrey Dragon also fined $50,000 over unsuitable recommendations.

By InvestmentNews
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 06, 2018
Bitcoin bubble burst raises concerns from lawmakers, regulators about investors

Senate panel questions SEC's Clayton on cryptocurrency's staggering rise and fall, which has dwarfed the stock market drop.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.