The brokerage industry’s self-regulator is launching a so-called sweep exam looking at how firms are handling their ...

Consistent with its mission of investor protection, FINRA announced today that it will review firm practices regarding higher-risk structured products, specifically non-principal protected "worst-of" ...

Fish and Fowl Today's column is something different. Rather than advance an argument, as this space customarily does, it describes an investment type: structured notes. Normally, I leave investment ...

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said on Tuesday that it will review how firms supervise their concentrations in higher-risk structured products, specifically non-principal protected ...

While the vast majority of financial advisors have incorporated liquid alternative investments into their clients' portfolios, they may be ignoring one illiquid opportunity in the current environment.

Occasionally I see financial products spring from the dead to devour investor dollars. One such product is called a "structured note." Structured notes are like bonds, only linked to derivatives.

Structured notes, a debt security tied to underlying assets, is poised for growth over the next year, according to a new report by the research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates. Advisors should ...

The regulator will examine how firms supervised "worst-of" structured notes, with a focus on their compliance with best-interest standards.

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