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Congress is worried that any change to the definition of who is a fiduciary will limit the access minority groups have to investment advice.

A prominent firm in the business of advising big shareholders on how to vote in elections for company directors is paying a $300,000 fine to settle federal civil charges of failing to protect clients' confidential voting information.

CEO pay has been going one direction for the past three years: up.

Predictions in both the news and social media are money losers for investors, says Richard Peterson of MarketPsych.

The bipartisan cease-fire that kept the government running this spring gave birth to hopeful talk among pundits and some senators, at least of a much larger "grand bargain" that would reduce the federal deficit for years.

The Congressional Black Caucus is warning the DOL its plan to extend ERISAs fiduciary standard to IRAs will hurt African-American savers.

Federal officials on Monday charged the former head of the nation's largest pension fund and one of his business associates with falsifying documents and other charges in a long-running influence peddling and bribery investigation.

Federal authorities announced Monday that Illinois has agreed to settle a securities-fraud charge that accused the state of misleading investors about the financial health of its public-employee pension systems, which are now $96.7 billion short of what's needed to cover promised retirement benefits.