Some time ago, a reporter asked me a simple yet profound question: “If everyone providing investment advice were held to a fiduciary standard of care, how would things be different than they are today?”
President Obama will likely sign comprehensive financial services regulatory reform legislation into law by yearend, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D.-Mass., said today at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.’s annual meeting in Boston.
Congress will review legislation next week proposing regulation and oversight for investment advisers of municipalities, according to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D.-Mass., in remarks today at a meeting of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. in Boston.
President Obama has asked for $1 billion to create a new agency that will support the automatic individual retirement account proposal included in his 2010 budget.
One way to keep broker-dealers happy — or at least above water — is to help them keep their costs down.
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said today she favors a new proposal for federal regulators sharing oversight of companies that pose financial risks to the economy.
All companies that offer 401(k) plans should be required to automatically enroll employees in the plans, the head of Putnam Investments told Investment Company Institute members today.
Although regulatory reform will result in more-stringent enforcement in the wake of the financial crisis, the authorities in charge of that enforcement are not likely to change much, according to a panel of experts speaking today at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. at its annual conference in Boston.
While supporting improved retirement plan fee disclosure, the head of the Investment Company Institute said yesterday that congressional criticism of 401(k) plan fees has been inflated by critics.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke today called for a holistic approach to strengthening oversight of the banking system to prevent future financial crises.
The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says new powers are needed to oversee companies that pose financial risks to the economy, an authority that could be shared by the FDIC and other regulators.
Investment executives and retirement plan officials will band together over the next several months to propose some radical enhancements to the nation's 401(k) system, said Robert Reynolds, president and CEO of Boston-based Putnam Investments.
President Obama’s <a href= http://ciedit.cr.atl.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090504/FREE/905049995&NoCache=1>proposal</a> to rein in tax deferrals for U.S. corporations doing business overseas will have a negative impact on the ability of financial services firms to compete worldwide, according to the Financial Services Roundtable.
Raymond James Financial has attracted a number of recruits in recent months and is on track to add advisers with more than $100 million in production this year.
Technology funds led equity funds in returns for the first four months of the year, according to Lipper.
A day before he and his hedge-fund consulting firm were stung by the Securities and Exchange Commission with $815,000 in fines and penalties, a major figure in the hedge fund world started his own effort to change hedge fund audits.
As Congress prepares to tighten financial regulation to correct weaknesses revealed by the mortgage collapse, the debate over who should regulate those who give in-vestment advice, including financial planners,
OppenheimerFunds Inc.'s hot streak in the Section 529 college savings plan business is coming to an end.
