Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Chairman William Duhnke will be replaced on an acting basis by board member Duane DesParte, but the SEC says it is looking for candidates to fill all five PCAOB board positions.
John Hancock and Lowe's are paying millions to settle class-action claims, while a new lawsuit was filed against Northern Trust that rehashes old claims.
The organization will reopen hearings on Aug. 2 in seven jurisdictions that had remained closed. Finra postponed in-person arbitration hearings when the pandemic began in March 2020.
SEC slapped Emperor Investments with a $25,000 fine. The charges mark the third enforcement action brought by the SEC against digital advisers.
GOP members of House Financial Services Committee question whether climate risk meets the materiality standard.
Europe’s new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation requires the industry to label how green an investment product is so that end investors know what they’re buying. But the requirements have yet to be finalized, leaving plenty of room for questions.
The effective date for the capital gains tax hike would be April 28, 2021, when the American Families plan was introduced, according to the Treasury Department’s Greenbook, a compendium of revenue proposals for fiscal 2022 that was released with the administration's $6 trillion budget proposal in May.
James Couture was discharged by LPL in June 2020 and barred by Finra last October.
Once-a-year withdrawals from retirement plans or IRAs would have to be paid back before additional borrowing could occur.
Last year, the Department of Labor closed less than a third of the number of cases it did in 2014, but total recoveries were six times higher.
Last year, Finra allocated $73.8 million of fine and reserve monies to fund capital initiatives and $16.4 million to pay for investor education and firm compliance.
The biggest surprise in Biden’s tax proposal is that it assumes an increase in the capital gains rate would be retroactive to April 2021, which would prevent wealthy people from selling off their assets quickly to avoid the hike.
The measure, which would have established a special roster of arbitrators to hear broker requests to clear their records, was criticized by PIABA as being too limited to address the problem.
The State Street plan did not include the lowest-cost share classes of the Target Retirement Securities Lending series, and there were some options from third parties with stronger performance records, according to the complaint.
If the governor signs the bill, the state's six public pension funds would be prohibited from investing in financial products that boycott energy companies.
The Employee Benefits Security Administration gives the firm a green light to oversee retirement plan assets despite its 1MDB misdeeds
The online trading app sued to overturn the state's fiduciary rule after Massachusetts accused Robinhood of manipulating customers.
The budget will assume the increase in the top capital gains tax rate to 43.4% that Biden has proposed will be effective retroactive to late April.
The bills amend the Investment Advisers Act and federal retirement law to promote sustainable investing. The document must describe the factors advisers use in making investment decisions and they must 'align with an ESG framework'
The agency likely will propose disclosure rules and has already outlined compliance shortfalls, according to experts at the InvestmentNews Global ESG Summit.
