It's been an ugly, mud-slinging, smackdown of a campaign. The results may not be any prettier — at least, not for advocates of financial reform.
The potential for political upheaval on Capitol Hill following the Nov. 2 election has grabbed the attention of many financial interest groups — and has some preparing to change the targets for their advocacy efforts
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to ban brokers from letting clients make unsupervised trades on stock exchanges, as it grows increasingly concerned that a rogue transaction could roil markets
Financial advisers are up in arms about the prospect of Finra's taking over the regulation of investment advisers from the SEC — an idea that has been gaining steam in recent months
Congress returned to work this week with a flurry of statements and posturing by political leaders regarding the soon-to-expire Bush administration tax cuts. The maneuvering likely sets the stage for a pre-election battle, rather than a compromise.
One of the groups meeting with the SEC during the second phase of its study on fiduciary duty believes that the agency is likely to promulgate a regulation imposing a universal standard of care for retail investment advice.
A growing fog of regulation is blurring the line that separates the compliance responsibilities of broker-dealers from those of their clearing firms.
This year, Skip Schweiss, president of TD Ameritrade Trust Co., took on an additional role as managing director of advocacy and industry issues
Sanders Morris Harris facing disciplinary action for alleged violations of securities laws; two ex-employees also named
Group's research indicates commission-based accounts most cost-effective; critic dubs study 'a complete and total waste'
The potential for political upheaval on Capitol Hill following the Nov. 2 election has grabbed the attention of many financial interest groups — and has some preparing to change the targets for their advocacy efforts.
One by one, the groups representing constituencies in the financial services industry have trooped into meetings with SEC officials to present their arguments about whether the commission should promulgate a regulation imposing a universal standard of care for retail investment advice
While federal agencies conduct scores of studies and write hundreds of regulations implementing the sweeping Dodd-Frank financial-reform law, investment advisers wait with trepidation
Securities and Exchange Commission member Troy A. Paredes delivered remarks at the Securities Traders Association's 77th annual conference and business meeting on Sept. 24 in Washington
Steve Rattner in fighting mood, as onetime boss of Quadrangle Group tangles with N.Y. AG
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Citigroup Inc. misled investors about the riskiness of some soured debt funds, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
Hernandez evaded paying taxes on $8.8M; advised wealthy clients on -- yep -- taxes and offshore trusts
Customers defrauded by Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme deserve repayment of as much as $500,000 each, even if they took out more than they put into his investment business, a lawyer argued today to an appeals court.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold stakes in Home Depot Inc. and CarMax Inc. and cut its holding of Nike Inc. as the billionaire replaced a retiring investment manager and built the company's cash holdings.
Proxy proposals seeking to shed more light on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. have emerged as a hot-button issue in the self-regulator's election for seven open board seats.
