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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Economic Analysis has extended the deadline for public companies to participate in a web-based survey about the costs and benefits of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Morgan Stanley and Bank of America are upping the ante to create the largest brokerages in the nation, even as individual investors head for the exits.
Arbitrations that involve auction rate securities are about to be tested in new hearing procedures established by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.
Actively managed equity mutual funds suffered record net outflows of $208.3 billion last year, while equity index funds enjoyed net inflows of $28 billion, according to estimates from Morningstar Inc.
Managing retirement portfolios often requires balancing capital appreciation and capital preservation objectives.
Two trade groups that represent the investment management industry want the Securities and Exchange Commission to hold a public hearing on the liquidation plan for a money market fund that collapsed in September.
Reps at both Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley, as well as other industry observers, see a long slog ahead for the new joint venture between the two firms.
While a handful of carriers have received clearance to become banks or thrifts, Genworth Financial Inc. of Richmond, Va., continues to wait for the OK from regulators.
The suit was filed by American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co., a major provider of index annuities, and other companies that market the products, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after the SEC published its rule in the Federal Register today.
