Delaware attorneys have drafted a bill to address the lack of a federal estate tax, joining a slew of states taking this matter into their own hands.
Faced with the prospect of gaining jurisdiction over 4,200 registered investment advisory firms, state regulators are scrambling to make sure they have the resources to handle a handoff.
State securities regulators are gaining ground in their battle to regain authority to oversee private-placement offerings.
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro's comments on Thursday that all financial advisers who provide personalized advice should come under “meaningful” fiduciary standards has drawn heat from a group representing state securities regulators.
State securities regulators are pushing to get House support for legislation allowing states to have greater oversight over private-placement offerings.
Bankers. Business groups. Consumer advocates. They all lined up to bash the Conn. Senator's latest proposal for financial reform.
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is circulating legislative language that would delete a requirement that brokers acting as advisers be registered investment advisers.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said today he will work with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Banking Committee, to write a new draft of the financial-services reform legislation the committee has been considering.
President Barack Obama is going to the heart of Wall Street on the first anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse to outline changes needed to prevent a future crisis like the one that sent the global economy into a tailspin last year.
The Labor Dept. is readying a proposal that would force service providers to make more plan info available. Meanwhile, a House committee is said to be unveiling similar legislation this week
The Senate Special Committee on Aging is considering proposing legislation that would require all managers of qualified default investment alternatives to act as fiduciaries under ERISA.
An unexpected visit by an ING Financial auditor uncovered a potential scam at Breard & Associates Wealth Management. Now, infomercial star Rhonda Breard is facing fraud charges.
Wall Street firms 'doing God's work?' Apparently not, as a religious group confronts banks over 'immorality' of swaps
President Barack Obama wants to nominate Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, an administration official said Friday.
Sources say Sen. Dodd's financial reform bill places the hotly debated consumer protection agency -- designed to regulate bank products -- under the aegis of the bank-owned Federal Reserve.
Two life insurers are suing a trio of broker-dealers, accusing them of fraudulently selling to third parties variable annuities with lucrative death benefits on terminally ill individuals.
A bill introduced last week in the California Legislature would require money manager placement agents to register as lobbyists and regulate their compensation.
A proposal that would require brokers providing advice to be regulated as RIAs may be dropped from financial reform legislation, according to consumer groups and state securities regulators.
Chief executives at some of the biggest financial institutions are on a mission to repair their image with Congress and the public, part of a strategy to gain more influence over legislation that would overhaul financial regulations and intrude further into their business.
Authorities say Patrick Rakotonanahary's currency trading business was actually a classic Ponzi scheme
