Sparks are already flying from the SEC's release of proposed reforms to money market funds, which are expected sometime within the next few weeks.
Business group, along with a score of big companies, tell commission to keep $1 NAV, ditch buffer idea By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Commission still working on plan that would provide capital buffer for money market funds; torn on floating NAVs
Finra's concerns over wholesalers include how well-trained the sales force is, what information they possess and the reasonable basis for suitability
As the housing market starts to recover, advisers and investors might want to reconsider portfolio allocations.
Peter Sampson, Kenneth Wiland Sr., and R. Morgan Purvis, as well as two assistants, joined the firm's Aiken, S.C., office from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, where they managed a combined $380 million.
Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said he told staff not to circulate a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. employee's op-ed criticizing that firm and that it wasn't fair for a newspaper to publish it.
Also believe it's Uncle Sam's job to protect investors from fraud
House bill likely on fast track; McHenry provision would greenlight online fund-raising
Finra backs off social media regs, also aims to hike transaction fees; Congress extends payroll tax deduction - and a millionaires' tax continues to bounce back after multiple rejections. More on these recent developments and other key happenings on The Hill that will impact financial advisers.
Legislation that would allow companies to raise capital online in increments of up to $10,000 per investor sailed through the House in early November by a 407-17 vote.
State securities regulators sometimes must feel like schoolyard weaklings, constantly being picked on by the bigger guys in the political playgrounds of Washington.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, facing growing judicial scrutiny over how it resolves enforcement matters, was asked by a federal judge in Milwaukee to provide a “factual predicate” for a proposed settlement with a company accused of accounting fraud.
