President-elect Barack Obama asked Congress to pass his proposed $1 trillion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan quickly.
The leaders of three financial planning organizations have formed a coalition to represent the industry as Congress works to reform the financial services industry.
Just 10 days before his arrest, Bernard Madoff received $250 million from a financial backer in an apparent bid to prevent the collapse of his firm.
President-elect Barack Obama intends to retain FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair in her post, Democratic Party officials told The Wall Street Journal.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Friday proposed a partial delay in the launch of its new transparency system for short-term securities after many in the industry said they need more time to implement the system.
Issues that affect the retail segment of the financial services industry may not win immediate attention from Congress and President-elect Barack Obama’s administration.
Financial advisers and industry veterans are worried that investors might reduce or halt their contributions to 401(k) plans if the economy worsens this year.
The Madoff Ponzi scheme has shocked investors but offers many lessons. The first is that no one can rely on the Securities and Exchange Commission to spot all, or even most, of the bad guys in the financial system before they hurt people.
For many advisory practices, the technology focus will be making do with smaller budgets — and doing more with existing technology.
What do Wall Street investment banks and retired investors have in common? They both must live off the return on their capital.
Staff at the SEC’s Division of Enforcement has informed Reserve Management that it intends to recommend that the SEC bring an enforcement action against the company for violating federal securities laws.
The wirehouses appear to have escaped major exposure to Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme.
New features include rates tables with flat rates and cross rates of most-traded currencies and currency pairs, a global economic calendar that lists major economic events that affect currencies and allows filtering by country.
The mutual fund industry today attempted to make a pre-emptive strike against congressional efforts to reduce tax breaks for 401(k) plans or to make major changes in the system.
More than 7% of 401(k) assets were invested in target date funds at the end of 2007 and 25% of 401(k) participants held the funds, according to an analysis released today.
Does Mary Schapiro have the right stuff to take on the big firms? Although praise is coming in from many quarters for the nomination of the Finra chief to head up the Securities and Exchange Commission, there may be cause for concern.
President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Mary Schapiro, the chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. of New York and Washington, as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
