While Mr. Corzine generally backs the Obama administration's push for regulatory reform, he doesn't agree with every piece of the legislation and has concerns about how new laws will be applied.
The following is an edited version of an Oct. 17 speech by Carlo V. di Florio, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, at the annual meeting of the National Society of Compliance Professionals in Baltimore
Like many other industry groups, the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries is redoubling its effort to communicate with federal lawmakers at a time when the massive federal budget deficit is causing Congress to consider new ways to produce revenue
Sen. Tom Harkin expected to introduce bill calling for small levy on buying, selling of investment instruments; could curb 'pointless trading'
A group of state insurance regulators voted yesterday to adopt amendments to an annuity disclosure model that would give customers a detailed breakdown of product features.
A former LPL Financial LLC financial adviser is suing the firm, alleging that the largest independent broker-dealer wrongfully fired him, and in turn defamed his reputation, for running a TV commercial that urged viewers to buy guns
A former district director of Finra's New York office has filed an age discrimination suit against the regulator, Reuters reported last week
The SEC conducted a flawed analysis to justify a $556.8 million lease for office space that turned out was largely unneeded.
David Becker, who quit as Securities and Exchange Commission general counsel before he was sued over inherited profits from Bernard Madoff's fraud, has rejoined the law firm where he worked before taking the SEC post.
Former PM at New Star Asset Management suing fund firm's boss; 'angry, antagonistic and unpleasant'
White paper by Georgetown professor will broaden — and stir up — discussion, TD Ameritrade's Bradley predicts
Set-up is purportedly simpler, fairer and will lower everyone's taxes; it fails on all three counts
UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, will pay $12 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that a brokerage unit allowed millions of short-sale orders to be placed without reasonable grounds to believe that the securities could be delivered.
The following is an edited version of a speech given by Richard G. Ketchum, chairman and chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., Oct. 13 at the Security Traders Association's annual conference in Palm Beach, Fla.
State regulators and compliance experts are at odds about whether the states will be ready to take over regulatory responsibility for thousands of small investment advisers in March, some compliance experts said
SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter picked a tough crowd before which to try to drum up support for a draft SRO bill for investment advisers proposed by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus.
A draft of a bill that would establish a self-regulatory organization for investment advisers was released today by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., in advance of Tuesday's hearing by the House Capital Markets Subcommittee.
Shorris signs on with indie B-D; 'invaluable addition'
