Dan is a business journalist who previously worked for various local newspapers and industry publications. He also worked for two years in Beijing as an editor at China Daily. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, he has written about banking, local governments and the legal profession, among other subjects. He now covers how politics, policy and regulation affect the financial planning industry.
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The latest lawsuit accuses the firm of not only failing to look out for clients' best interests but also failing to secure "reasonable returns" on money held in retirement accounts.
September 25 -
The wealth management giants join their rivals Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, UBS, LPL Financial and Ameriprise in being accused of using uninvested cash in advisory accounts to boost their bottom lines rather than benefit clients.
August 27 -
Regulators have been working their way steadily down from the biggest players in the industry to regional firms in their quest to stamp out abuses of "off-channel" communications.
August 14 -
Researchers wonder if similar regulatory attention could eventually hit the bottom lines of independent broker-dealers and RIAs.
August 6 -
Like its Wall Street rival Morgan Stanley, Citi sees a path to trillions in client assets in its workplace division.
June 12 -
The latest appointment comes amid Citi's continued overhaul of its executive ranks and wealth business.
June 4 -
The banking giant nonetheless saw strong growth in net new assets in the first quarter and a 14% jump in returns from asset management fees.
April 12 -
Barry Sommers comes in for high praise amid his firm's attempts to move beyond the banking scandals of its past.
March 1 -
A lawyer says the industry has been on notice at least since the "Boom Boom Room" scandal of the 1980s that hostile workplaces won't be tolerated.
February 28 -
The online brokerage sees its popular talking babies ads as a way to get tens of millions of viewers to think about how they might put their money to better use.
February 9 -
Greg Wilson of the Wall Street giant's Asset & Wealth Management unit wants to provide employees with tailored plans using a blend of technology and personal financial coaching.
January 22 -
Industry recruiters see the changes as intended to make client assets and advisory teams "stickier" and to retain executive talent.
January 19 -
The banking giant plans to put all asset managers through training in Python programming language, whether they 'like it or not.'
May 22 -
Employees of the collapsed bank are using LinkedIn, and old-school means, to find new jobs.
March 16
