Geithner and Paulson are testifying at a hearing Thursday of a special panel investigating the crisis and a so-called "shadow" banking system.
Former major leaguers Rondell White and Cliff Floyd have filed a $12.5 million lawsuit in federal court against two New Jersey financial advisers, alleging they lost millions of dollars in a real estate development deal.
The financial regulatory reform legislation sought by the Obama administration, mired just weeks ago in a partisan congressional logjam, is likely to be passed by early summer, with major implications for the securities industry, a leading industry lobbyist said last week.
Online brokerage also facing a welter of arbitration claims over bond fund implosion
Wall Street banks are seeking exemptions to proposed new financial derivatives rules that could shield more than half the trades that should be subject to disclosure, a federal regulator said Thursday.
Why 20 advisers shelled out $300 apiece in hopes of finding ways to use social-media in their respective businesses.
Investors are nervous about the Greek bailout, but they're nervous for the wrong reasons. Yes, it is possible that other debt-ridden European nations may soon beg for bailouts. But that's just a small part of the story
Citigroup Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit by six former brokers who said they shouldn't have to pay back the balance on their signing-bonus loans totaling $1.51 million.
Proposed regulations that would limit the way that financial advisers are compensated for working with retirement plans are forcing broker-dealers to reconsider how their -representatives sell and advise retirement plans.
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Plymouth financial adviser with fraud and tax charges stemming from allegations that he stole $4.3 million from clients.
Discussing long-term health care insurance is difficult but necessary
Andrew Lo, a professor of finance at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says it's normal for clients who suffered huge losses to continue to have difficulties making logical decisions
Memo from firm to congressional staff members questioned whether the plan might actually hurt investors
Meanwhile, regulatory fees were up by 10.5% in 2010; overall, regulator posted $55M net profit
A Berkshire director says Warren Buffett is 'not concerned' about his massive investment in the Wall Street giant, despite the stock's recent losses | <a href= http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=advisercommunity&plckForumPage=ForumDiscussion&plckDiscussionId=Cat%3a3eccdd60-6dc9-4da5-99ea-8c411eeadc3fForum%3a673a3c8f-4a68-4cb5-8010-611c600b9f0cDiscussion%3a39465fdd-cf5d-4131-b99f-c8abb27559e2>Adviser chatter: Time to buy or sell GS stock?</a>
The value of Warren Buffett's options to buy Goldman Sachs Group Inc. shares dropped by $950 million after regulators sued the bank for misleading clients on the sale of securities tied to the subprime mortgage market.
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