Still smarting from the downturn, some wealthy families are turning to external chief investment officers for help managing their investments and controlling overhead.

They may have money, but lots of affluent baby boomers don't have enough to live the way they want to in retirement. And it's becoming the job of many financial advisers to tell them so.

Some people who owe more than $1 million on their homes are coming under the microscope at the IRS over how much of their mortgage interest they can deduct on their tax returns.

The Arizona-based CUSO returned $6.2 million in cash rewards to its credit union members for 2018.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Realtors and 26 other groups warned the agency not to pursue steps reducing the scope of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could upset the mortgage market.

The conventional market recaptured a lot of the first-time homebuyers it lost during the financial crisis, but service members instead have increasingly stuck with loans insured by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To create sensible rules around decentralized finance, regulators have to have an open discussion with businesses in the industry. To do that, they must create a path for collaboration.

Widespread sharing of financial and other data creates enormous privacy risks for consumers, many of whom have no real understanding of the danger.

The system may be good for the banks that own it, but it is not meeting its public mission.