The era of blockbuster SEC off-channel enforcement actions may be fading. The compliance risk is not. That is the message from Kevin J. Harnisch, partner and co-head of regulation, investigations, ...

A robust outlook for Corporate America is helping underpin US stocks as inflation risks mount. More analysts have raised rather than cut US earnings estimates for a 21st straight week, the longest run ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is eyeing a plan to expand access for retail investors to private markets and allow investment advisers to charge performance fees to a wider set of clients.

Few places exemplified Seattle’s tech boom over the past two decades more than the suburbs east of the city, with their lakeside mansions and twisting cul-de-sacs that lured affluent workers from the ...

Martha Shedden has spent 15 years trying to talk Americans out of panicking. Lately, she says, it’s a losing battle. She co-founded the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts ...

Being the biggest bear on Wall Street can be tough. Just ask Savita Subramanian, the head of US equity and quantitative strategy at Bank of America Corp. Her caution on US stocks stems from concerns ...

Mia Samson has a few thousand dollars in a college savings account she’s been funding for years — even though she doesn’t yet have kids and may not end up giving them the money once they’re born. The ...

For much of the last two years, one question dominated year-end planning conversations with high-net-worth clients. What happens to the estate exemption if Congress lets the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ...

A business sale or a large option exercise can feel like you’ve reached the finish line. However, if a client hasn’t prepared for the moment, the tax and planning consequences of a liquidity event ...

The Treasury Department’s efforts to restrain long-term borrowing costs through bond buybacks amount to “financial repression” that risks weakening the dollar and fueling inflation, according to ...

The American Dream has typically looked something like this: A steady job, a shiny new set of keys to a first home, marriage, two kids (and maybe a dog), all while building wealth along the way. For ...

The youngest members of the US workforce are increasingly skeptical about artificial intelligence, fearful that advances in the technology will lead to widespread job losses, according to a Pew ...