Fixing the global financial crisis will require more effective government regulation and greater cooperation among regulatory agencies around the world.
The Department of the Treasury under former Secretary Henry Paulson took a “passive-investor” approach to buying stakes in financial institutions.
Two members of the Securities and Exchange Commission today called for harmonizing regulations of broker-dealers and investment advisers.
President Obama’s limits on compensation for executives with firms about to receive federal bailout money might be riddled with loopholes.
In her first public speech since becoming chairman of the SEC, Mary Schapiro said risk-based oversight of broker-dealers and advisers needs to be strengthened.
President Obama revealed major compensation reforms today that will limit significantly the pay of executives at companies receiving federal bailout money.
Regulators and members of the futures industry met before the House Agriculture Committee to debate the regulation of credit default swaps and other derivatives.
It might pay for broker-dealer firms and registered representatives to litigate disciplinary proceedings brought against them by the SEC and Finra.
The Department of the Treasury under Bush administration Secretary Henry Paulson paid 44% more for bank securities than they were worth.
Fairfield Greenwich Group, the largest feeder fund for Bernard Madoff Investment Securities LLC with $7.5 billion invested, failed to perform due diligence.
Three former brokers, who were first with UBS Financial Services Inc. and then with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., have been barred from working in New Jersey.
Congress will consider legislation to extend some of the curbs on executive pay that currently apply only to those banks receiving federal assistance, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said.
Securities and Exchange Commission chairwoman Mary Schapiro should end her predecessor’s policy on negotiating settlements with corporations under investigation because it weakens enforcement efforts, an influential U.S. senator said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Economic Analysis has extended the deadline for public companies to participate in a web-based survey about the costs and benefits of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Arbitrations that involve auction rate securities are about to be tested in new hearing procedures established by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.
Bernard Madoff was able to pull off what is allegedly the largest investor fraud in history because people trusted him.
The moves reflect Mr. Obama’s desire to have the money available shortly after he takes office Jan. 20, Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the office of the President-elect, said in an interview yesterday.
