Assets overseen by registered investment advisers such as O'Brien more than tripled in the decade that ended Dec. 31, 2009, to $1.7 trillion, according to Cerulli Associates.

Morristown Financial Group, the largest branch of LPL Financial in gross production, hopes a planned hybrid registered investment adviser will help it continue its heady expansion.

Stuart Hendel is heading to Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit to head its global prime brokerage unit, the company said Monday.

Assets increased 6% in 2018 to nearly $52 billion as loan originations surged and the company redeployed $2 billion of cash into higher-yielding securities.

Fixing the housing finance system is "the last piece of unaddressed business from the financial crisis," according to a summary of to-do items released by the Banking Committee's chairman.

The acting head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has promised substantial changes for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but the exact mechanics and timeline of an administration plan are still a mystery.

A growing chorus of voices seems to share the view of former New York banking regulator Maria Vullo, who once said, “Toddlers play in sandboxes. Adults play by the rules.” But any movement away from the collaborative development of regulations for new financial services products would be a setback for consumer choice.

The board’s original three-member structure was superior to the five-person model in use today. Here's why it should be reinstated.

BNPL providers earn most of their money from their merchant partnerships, not late fees, as their critics claim.