House Democrats are looking at big health care changes, including federal aid to help families earning up to $88,000 pay for insurance and a requirement that all must carry coverage.
The legislative proposal is the administration's first major step in overhauling the nation's financial regulatory system.
A former employee of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. of Miami has filed $5 million arbitration claim against the firm and its subsidiary, Investacorp Inc., for alleged breach of contract.
Members of Congress today weighed the implications of the federal government’s regulating the insurance industry.
Fisher Investments, one of the country’s most noted investment advisory firms, has been tagged with a $1.2 million arbitration claim, alleging that it failed to live up to its fiduciary duty during the recent calamitous market meltdown.
President Obama will likely sign comprehensive financial services regulatory reform legislation into law by yearend, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D.-Mass., said today at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.’s annual meeting in Boston.
Congress will review legislation next week proposing regulation and oversight for investment advisers of municipalities, according to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D.-Mass., in remarks today at a meeting of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. in Boston.
President Obama has asked for $1 billion to create a new agency that will support the automatic individual retirement account proposal included in his 2010 budget.
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said today she favors a new proposal for federal regulators sharing oversight of companies that pose financial risks to the economy.
Although regulatory reform will result in more-stringent enforcement in the wake of the financial crisis, the authorities in charge of that enforcement are not likely to change much, according to a panel of experts speaking today at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. at its annual conference in Boston.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke today called for a holistic approach to strengthening oversight of the banking system to prevent future financial crises.
The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says new powers are needed to oversee companies that pose financial risks to the economy, an authority that could be shared by the FDIC and other regulators.
President Obama’s <a href= http://ciedit.cr.atl.publicus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090504/FREE/905049995&NoCache=1>proposal</a> to rein in tax deferrals for U.S. corporations doing business overseas will have a negative impact on the ability of financial services firms to compete worldwide, according to the Financial Services Roundtable.
A day before he and his hedge-fund consulting firm were stung by the Securities and Exchange Commission with $815,000 in fines and penalties, a major figure in the hedge fund world started his own effort to change hedge fund audits.
As Congress prepares to tighten financial regulation to correct weaknesses revealed by the mortgage collapse, the debate over who should regulate those who give in-vestment advice, including financial planners,
OppenheimerFunds Inc.'s hot streak in the Section 529 college savings plan business is coming to an end.
As Congress starts to take up health care reform, a group representing health insurance agents is voicing its dissent over President Obama's call for universal health insurance.
More than ever, state securities regulators face the threat of a diminished role in overseeing the financial services industry.
President Obama reached his much-ballyhooed 100-day milestone last week, but most financial advisers were in no mood to celebrate.
