Regulation And Legislation

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FINTECH JAN 07, 2010
Finally, hope for advisers who want to tweet – but not delete

Many advisers feel stymied when it comes to adopting social media. But for independent registered investment advisers whose main hurdle has been lack of a low-cost archiving, help is on its way.

By Davis Janowski
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 07, 2010
Dodd's financial reform bill would eliminate the 'broker-dealer exemption'

Brokers who provide investment advice would no longer be exempt from registering as investment advisers under draft legislation unveiled today by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

By Bloomberg
Investors to Fed: No surprises, please
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2010
Investors to Fed: No surprises, please

The Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday. Stock pickers assume the overnight rate will still be the same on Wednesday.

By Associated Press
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2010
Fighting Finra's grab for advisers

The most important issue that Congress needs to get right in overhauling financial services regulation is reform of the over-the-counter-derivatives market, investor advocate Barbara Roper believes.

By Sara Hansard
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2010
House set to vote on financial reform package

House lawmakers are ready to clear a significant hurdle in their drive to slap new financial restraints on big Wall Street institutions and to demand greater openness from the nation's central bank.

By Associated Press
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 06, 2010
Woodbury Financial fined for Reg S-P violations

The SEC has fined independent broker-dealer Woodbury Financial Services Inc. of Woodbury, Minn., $65,000 for a variety of violations of Regulation S-P, which prohibits disclosure of non-public personal information about clients to non-affiliated third parties, such as other broker-dealers.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 05, 2010
Ex-broker at GunnAllen, Ameriprise sentenced to eight years in prison

A Southern New Jersey securities broker who operated a $1.8 million investment fraud scheme has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison.

By Staff Report
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 04, 2010
UBS fined $13.3M over unauthorized trades in clients' accounts

Swiss bank UBS AG has been fined 8 million pounds ($13.3 million) for management failures which allowed employees to make unauthorized trades with customers' accounts, Britain's financial regulator said Thursday.

By Associated Press
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 03, 2010
ICI: Transaction tax would take big bite out of fund returns

High on the mutual fund industry's “to do” list is defeating legislation that would impose a $150 billion-per-year tax on securities transactions.

By Sara Hansard
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JAN 01, 2010
Power 20

The 20 most influential people in the advisory industry

By Mark Bruno
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 30, 2009
Former Merrill broker accuses firm of a cover-up in Finra inquiry

A former Merrill Lynch broker has accused the firm of interfering with a regulatory inquiry into a case in which it allegedly skirted responsibility for advice given on a tax loss trade.

By Dan Jamieson
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 30, 2009
Two former Stanford reps slammed with suit for more than $11M

The receiver overseeing R. Allen Stanford's businesses announced Thursday that he is suing two former employees of the Texas financier's capital management firm for more than $11 million.

By Associated Press
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Latest attorney dumped by Stanford: 'Like Christmas in March'

Apparently, the jailed financier, who is going through lawyers like bottles of bubbly, has his own ideas about what his courtroom strategy should be. Next up: legal team #4

By Associated Press
Tipped off by Madoff documentary, elderly investor uncovers New Zealand's biggest fraud ever
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Tipped off by Madoff documentary, elderly investor uncovers New Zealand's biggest fraud ever

Similarities between New York's Ponzi King and and an Auckland investment manager led an elderly client to contact officials. Guess what?

By John Goff
Prison fight — not high blood pressure — sent Bernie Madoff to the hospital
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Prison fight — not high blood pressure — sent Bernie Madoff to the hospital

Contrary to what his lawyer indicated at the time, the Ponzi king apparently got crowned in big house bust-up in December

By InvestmentNews Staff
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Fla. man admits role in $20M N.J. stock scheme

Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say a Florida man has admitted his role in a $20 million stock fraud and money laundering scheme.

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 29, 2009
As rules change, a watchdog growls

New accounting rules and underpriced universal life insurance are just a couple of the issues keeping Joseph M. Belth up at night.

By Bloomberg
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Fund manager gets 14 years in $33M Ponzi scheme

An investment fund manager from Tennessee drew a 14-year prison sentence Wednesday in a $33 million Ponzi scheme that cheated more than two dozen investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica.

By Associated Press
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Bernanke defends Fed's role

The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicize monetary policy.

By Associated Press
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION DEC 29, 2009
Fund manager gets 15 years in prison for $35M scam

A Philadelphia-area fund manager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of $35 million.

By Associated Press