The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday said a pair of Wells Fargo Advisory firms and Merrill Lynch have ...

Bank of America’s brokerage unit reported strong growth, as did the company’s private bank, as executives are emphasizing ...

Two Wells Fargo-affiliated investment advisers and Merrill Lynch agreed to pay $60 million, while LPL Financial agreed to pay ...

Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch will pay $35 million and $25 million, respectively, to settle allegations by the Securities and ...

“Wells Fargo Advisors and Merrill Lynch offered bank deposit sweep programs, or BDSPs, as the only cash sweep option for most ...

In the enforcement actions announced Friday, the regulator said the two firms agreed to settle the charges without admitting ...

The yield differential between the firms' bank deposit sweep programs and other alternatives was nearly 4% higher, according to SEC claims.

Regulators took the wirehouses to task for not having policies directing advisors to consider clients' best interests.

Instead, all portfolios invest at least some of your money in cash, which is put in a Merrill Lynch direct deposit program yielding a solid 4.20%. You can access more account services, like banking ...

On Wednesday, the firm announced financial advisors Larry Forlenza and Carl Hanks, who previously oversaw nearly $430 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets under management, have ...

Merrill Lynch and two Wells Fargo advisory firms have agreed to pay a combined $60 million in civil penalties to settle U.S.

Two Wells Fargo-affiliated investment advisers and Merrill Lynch agreed to pay $60 million to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission over what the regulator on Friday called a ...