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Highlights include CRATs and monetized installment sales.

The Finra penalty included a fine of $200,000 and restitution to clients of $498,000 plus interest.

Why a group of researchers thinks that, on average, 10 percent of public companies commit securities fraud each year.

Wells Fargo: Under intense pressure to meet performance targets from above, thousands of them opened fake accounts for clients

The SEC charged the wirehouse with not fully disclosing fees for five years

Seniors tend to own their homes and have strong credit and ample savings, according to the FBI. They’re also less likely to report fraud and tend to be less familiar with technology.

Thanks to a settlement this week, FINRA has punished just one known individual associated with a 2015 product-pushing case in which JPMorgan admitted it breached its fiduciary duty to clients nationwide: a whistleblower.

Finra says the firm failed to detect and prevent theft of approximately $1.3 million from an 89-year-old man’s account

A new working paper by business school professors at the University of Chicago and University of Minnesota also found that industry-wide 7% of financial advisers have been disciplined for misconduct.

The Big Short, the hit black comedy about colorful Wall Street outsiders who bet against the housing market when they detect it is propped up on rotten subprime loans, was yesterday nominated for five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Film Editing.