On her way out the door, the top White House economist dismissed the notion that American corporations are sitting on nearly $2 trillion of cash because they're wary of how major new laws — and some policies currently under consideration — will affect their businesses.
The Charles Schwab Corp. and Charles Goldman have agreed to meet with a private mediator next month to discuss the former executive vice president's demand for $736,000 in severance pay following his dismissal in 2008 as head of the firm's RIA business.
The state will deposit $100 in a 529 account for any baby born after July 1, to encourage families to start saving for college.
The suit is one of several arising between Edwards and its successor firms and Stifel as a number of Edwards brokers deserted ship in the wake of the 2007 takeover of Edwards by Wachovia Securities LLC.
Scott Rothstein, the former South Florida lawyer serving 50 years in prison for a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, was ordered by a judge to pay his victims $363 million.
Finra arbitrators have ordered a securities analyst who claims he was wrongfully fired by Rodman & Renshaw LLC in 2006 for attempting to lower a stock rating to pay the broker-dealer $10.7 million in damages.
Texas financier R. Allen Stanford's attorneys said Tuesday that jail has reduced their client to a "wreck of a man" who is severely depressed, forgets conversations, can no longer see out of one eye and believes he is "losing his mind."
FTC Capital Markets agrees to consent order in case involving Citgo; boss said to be at large
Hartstein believes final rule will be dramatically different than current plan; will it be scrapped?
Inability to meet Finra's net- capital requirements will force more small and independent broker- dealers to shut down this year.
The N.Y. attorney general sues Ivy Asset Management, claiming the firm misled customers about investments tied to Bernard Madoff
Analysts question whether planned cost savings will be offset by proposed cap on mutal fund fees
The Dodd-Frank regulatory-reform law aims to reduce the SEC's examination responsibilities by shifting some 4,000 investment advisers to state registration, but New York state may gum up the law's intent.
A New York financial adviser pleaded guilty to rigging bids for investments sold to local governments, the fifth person to admit participating in an industrywide conspiracy to profit at taxpayers' expense.
Morgan Stanley, owner of the world's largest brokerage, will pay $800,000 to settle regulatory claims that it didn't disclose research analysts' conflicts of interest to investors.
Just days after the financial-regulatory-reform law was signed, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a request for public comment on a provision addressing the standard of care for investment advice.
UBS AG, the largest Swiss bank, will seek to reverse a ruling requiring it to pay a U.S. company for business lost when its funds were tied up during the collapse of the auction-rate securities market two years ago.
Federal regulators say it was too good to be true: A Detroit-area woman is accused of collecting more than $1 million from investors who were told they would earn at least 10 percent a month.
At least one group of financial advisers is hoping that the landmark financial-reform legislation will lead to more government oversight of the advice business.
Finra, whose rules-based approach to oversight of brokers is anathema to many financial advisers, could expand its jurisdiction as a result of the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
