SIPC files suit against MF Global claiming brokerage can't pay clients
Finra acknowledged that disgraced Wall Street titan Jon Corzine was given a waiver for his Series 24 and Series 7 exams, even though Corzine had been out of the brokerage industry for years. | <b>Readers react angrily:</b> <i>'One rule for one, another rule for the rest of us'</i> | <a href=http://bit.ly/uUgU7C>Join the debate</a>
Here are some examples of ways that financial advisers can help clients to reduce their tax burden.
The SEC's announcement last week that it had threatened to sanction Finra because a senior official doctored minutes from internal staff meetings is an embarrassing black eye to the securities industry's watchdog as it pushes to expand its authority to regulate investment advisers
For SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro, last week's dust-up involving Finra is the latest in a string of embarrassments she has endured since taking over the embattled agency in 2009
Republicans OK with axing tax deductions for the rich, but marginal tax rates still a bone of contention
The following is an edited version of an Oct. 12 speech by Paul Schott Stevens, president and chief executive of the Investment Company Institute, before the Rotary Club of Seattle
It may not be her biggest concern right now, but the recently departed Sallie Krawcheck will have to land a new gig at a large brokerage firm or resign her newly won seat on Finra's board
Apparently, the GOP is not so keen on the SEC's plan to let the net asset value of money market funds drift, rather than remain at a constant $1 per share. Fund firms are no doubt happy to hear it.
McNabb opposes excess capital requirements or floating rate NAV; 'will disappear'
FDIC boss Sheila Bair says money funds' stable NAV is 'destabilizing' the financial system. The fund industry begs to disagree.
A bipartisan, bicameral 12-member panel, the supercommittee may be the best chance for any kind of substantial tax changes before next year's election
State regulators have signaled a push for recalculating reserve requirements on a certain type of universal-life insurance, a change that could lead to higher costs for policyholders, as well as fewer insurers' selling the product
Legislation introduced last week that would impose a federal tax on financial transactions may be doomed as a stand-alone bill, but proponents say that it should be included in any broad deficit-reduction proposal
Despite bashing of ratings agencies, big conflicts still remain, researchers say; current model 'tragically broken'
For the past few months, Finra has been promoting itself as the logical choice to oversee the compliance efforts of RIAs. Thursday's announcement by the SEC -- that it has ordered the regulator to improve its own compliance -- probably won't bolster Finra's case. Neither will the revelation that a Finra director allegedly doctored records that the SEC wanted to examine.
Does your congressman know how an SRO would make your life more difficult? Did you tell him?
As hundreds milled about at Zuccotti Park today in Manhattan's Financial District, it became clear that Occupy Wall Street isn't just a young person's movement anymore. And it's gathering momentum.
Judge shoots down SEC claim that Morgan Keegan misled auction-rate securities investors
