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  • March 8, 2022

Pelosi’s portfolio performance now wrapped in an ETF

Retail investors can now benefit from the inside scoop right along with the 18-term U.S. representative.

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  • October 14, 2021

ESG proponents push for legislation addressing retirement investing

Democratic bills in Congress would codify the Biden administration's proposal, but Republican support is lacking.

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Congress must help make emergency savings automatic

People already use retirement savings to manage short-term needs through 401(k) plan loans, hardship withdrawals and by cashing out during job transitions. Any retirement legislation should include provisions for emergency savings.

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  • November 19, 2020

New bill would require advisers to consider socially responsible investing in retirement plans

Michigan Democrat Andy Levin plans to introduce two bills in the House addressing ESG

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What a divided Congress means for the markets

Sweeping tax hikes are off the table and the outlook dims for green energy, according to speakers at the Schwab Impact conference

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  • July 21, 2020

SEC nominee Crenshaw vows to hold financial firms accountable for mitigating conflicts

SEC member Peirce, up for re-nomination, says crypto regulation is high on her agenda

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  • July 13, 2020

Lawmakers press Robinhood about investor protections on trading platform

Letter from Capitol Hill says the firm ‘must do better’ in the wake of the suicide of a user

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  • April 14, 2020

IRI wants retirement plans at forefront of COVID-19 legislation

But an investor advocate sees the proposal as a ‘brazen effort’ to use the pandemic to promote the annuity sector

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  • April 30, 2019

Congress should let innovation fuel lifetime income projections

Proposed legislation should give employers leeway to provide projections that take into account many variables.

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  • December 20, 2017

Congress sends Trump tax-cut bill

House Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years.

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  • November 1, 2011

Corzine to Street: Get real

Jon Corzine, the former Democratic senator and governor of New Jersey, is warning the financial services industry: Don't try to fight the financial-reform bill being debated in Congress.