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Fed forming committee to prepare for climate risks
The central bank wants to look at the dangers that a warming planet poses to the financial system.
Yellen summons regulators to discuss market volatility
The meeting with the SEC, the Fed, the New York Fed and the CFTC is the Treasury secretary's first public effort to address the tumult involving GameStop shares.
Biden taps Gensler as SEC chairman
Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra will be nominated to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; both choices signal the incoming administration is planning tough oversight.
Biden poised to pick former CFTC chief Gary Gensler to head SEC
If Gensler is nominated by Biden to be SEC chairman and confirmed by the Senate, he would be the new administration's front-line regulator for Wall Street and the arbiter of what public companies must disclose to their investors.
JPMorgan pays $920 million to settle spoofing claims
Bank will pay the biggest monetary penalty ever imposed by the CFTC to settle claims it manipulated markets in metals futures and Treasuries
Precious metals dealers charged in $185 million elder fraud scheme
The unregistered advisers allegedly convinced retirees to put savings into overpriced gold and silver bullion
CFTC head won’t draw line on swaps reform
Gensler says JPMorgan loss proves regulations need to cover international contracts, as well
SEC, CFTC to ‘harmonize’ rules
Two agencies with oversight of the financial markets are trying to coordinate their regulations to eliminate differences involving similar types of investments and instruments
