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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2011
Ketchum pledge: More-efficient Finra oversight

By MFXFeeder
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 23, 2011
SEC budget woes may bolster case for creation of SRO

The impasse on Capitol Hill over the federal budget may give more ammunition to proponents of establishing a self-regulatory organization for investment advisers.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Little drama expected for SEC nominees
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 20, 2011
Little drama expected for SEC nominees

Aguilar, Gallagher tipped for relatively painless confirmation process

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Critics slam SEC's 'revolving door'
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 20, 2011
Critics slam SEC's 'revolving door'

New report supports assertions that large number of ex-commission employees represent outside clients before the agency

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 19, 2011
Securities firms fight commission cap plan for private placements

The securities industry wants no part of a Finra proposal to cap at 15% commissions and other fees for outside private placements, claiming that it would prevent small business from raising capital

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2011
B-Ds plead for DOL, SEC to team up on fiduciary rule

By Darla Mercado
Why health insurance is now like a box of Wheaties
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2011
Why health insurance is now like a box of Wheaties

Truth-in-labeling law comes to medical insurance biz; 'plain English'

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 17, 2011
'Belgian royal' money manager gets stiff sentence for fraud

Guy de Chimay, who pleaded guilty to running what prosecutors called a $7 million Ponzi scheme that he promoted by claiming his company was linked to Belgian royalty, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison.

By Doug Cubberley
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 17, 2011
STOLI on the rocks

Trade associations representing the life insurance industry and agents today applauded New York's passage of life settlement legislation.

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 15, 2011
Finra: Make broker-dealers disclose 'shelf space'

Finra wants broker-dealers to disclose the revenue-sharing deals they have with mutual funds

By Dan Jamieson
ALTERNATIVES MAY 15, 2011
Pay-for-performance change by SEC could cost advisers

An SEC rule proposal that would raise the net-worth thresholds at which advisers would be allowed to charge performance-based fees would likely cut into the bottom lines of smaller hedge funds, private-equity firms and some registered investment advisers

By Liz Skinner
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 15, 2011
Judge kills Pru motion to toss death benefit suits

A Massachusetts federal court judge has quashed a motion by Prudential Insurance Co. of America to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the insurer had wrongfully held on to veterans' death benefits instead of paying them out in a lump sum

By Darla Mercado
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 13, 2011
SEC: New York mortgage fund adviser defrauded investors

Claim Barriger misused fund's assets and issued false statements about returns

By Liz Skinner
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 12, 2011
Goldman Sachs slapped with subpoena in credit crisis probe: Sources

According to sources, the Manhattan DA's office has slapped Goldman Sachs with a subpoena. The district attorney is said to be examining the bank's activities right before the financial meltdown in 2008.

By John Goff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 12, 2011
House Republicans try to unravel Dodd-Frank

House Republicans last week formally began their effort to roll back parts of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, with a House Financial Services subcommittee approving several bills that would reverse some of the measure's mandates, including one that requires private fund advisers to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 12, 2011
Finra shells out big lobbying $$

Finra hiked its lobbying expenditures in the first quarter of this year

By Dan Jamieson
SEC taps ex-Janus manager to oversee money market funds
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 12, 2011
SEC taps ex-Janus manager to oversee money market funds

The SEC has hired a former Janus Capital Group Inc. portfolio manager to help oversee the $2.8 trillion money market fund industry, a new position.

By Jessica Toonkel
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 11, 2011
Insider trading target: 'Everyone has gone underground'

For 11 years, John Kinnucan was a stock analyst, digging information out of low-level contacts in the computer industry and selling it to clients.

By Mark Bruno
FBI probe could be a buying opportunity: Platinum's Landesman
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 11, 2011
FBI probe could be a buying opportunity: Platinum's Landesman

Money managers are seeing some immediate fallout from the high-profile FBI raids of Wall Street firms in the past week — and that could create a buying opportunity.

By Jeff Benjamin
Administration big: Single fiduciary standard needed
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAY 10, 2011
Administration big: Single fiduciary standard needed

Wolin says many investors don't know if they're dealing with an investment adviser or broker

By Mark Schoeff Jr.