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Boehner, GOP bigs all voted for debt drivers they now blame on Obama
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 22, 2011
Boehner, GOP bigs all voted for debt drivers they now blame on Obama

Like the President, Republican leaders gave thumbs up to TARP, prescription drug plan, foreign wars; 'plenty of blame to go around'

Neuberger Berman loses $4M Finra arbitration case
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 22, 2011
Neuberger Berman loses $4M Finra arbitration case

Neuberger Berman Group LLC, the money manager that was part of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., was ordered by an industry regulator to pay about $4 million to three clients who bought structured notes backed by the failed investment bank.

SIFMA gives SEC ideas for a new fiduciary standard
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 21, 2011
SIFMA gives SEC ideas for a new fiduciary standard

Letter details how a universal standard could accommodate brokers

State regulators aren't nuts about souped-up ETFs
NEWS ETFS JUL 20, 2011
State regulators aren't nuts about souped-up ETFs

Leveraged and inverse funds over the head of the average investor, NASAA warns; plenty of fees, too

NEWS ALTERNATIVES JUL 19, 2011
David Lerner Associates sued over sales of REITs

David Lerner Associates Inc. has been sued by investors who claim that it acted negligently in the sale and underwriting of more than $6.8 billion in shares of the Apple Real Estate Investment Trusts

Politicos fiddle while bond market burns
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 18, 2011
Politicos fiddle while bond market burns

Negative yields return, corporate debt's spurned, and money funds churn, as panicked investors seek out less-risky paper

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 18, 2011
A slow go

In the initial year of Dodd-Frank, which reaches its first anniversary Thursday, regulators overseeing banking, commodities and securities have been pressed to conduct 73 studies and write 400 new rules. As of July 1, only 38 of those rules have been finalized.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2011
Wedbush ordered to pay $3.5M for 'morally reprehensible failure'

Wedbush Securities Inc. was ordered to pay former municipal bond trader Stephen Kelleher $3.5 million for failing to give him years' worth of incentive-based compensation he was owed

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 17, 2011
Investment nightmare not over for NFL player

A lawsuit by an NFL player against his investment advisers that was settled months ago has come back to life

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2011
SIFMA gives SEC ideas for a new fiduciary standard

House GOP uneasy over fiduciary rule
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2011
House GOP uneasy over fiduciary rule

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee are watching carefully to see how the SEC proceeds with a rule that would subject broker-dealers to a fiduciary duty.

CFTC to enact Dodd-Frank rule aimed at retail-commodities trading
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2011
CFTC to enact Dodd-Frank rule aimed at retail-commodities trading

A rule aimed at protecting small investors who buy U.S. commodity contracts from retail brokers will go into effect.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 15, 2011
Crisis cop sought to aid Dodd-Frank repeal, e-mails show

A Republican commissioner on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission urged his colleagues to make sure the panel's conclusions would “not undermine” his party's efforts in the U.S. House to change or repeal the Dodd-Frank Act.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 14, 2011
BNY Mellon engaged in 'multipronged campaign of deception': NY state

Claim custody bank defrauded customers in foreign currency transactions; 'virtually worst rates of the day'

Senate Democrats seek to thaw House GOP freeze on SEC budget
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 13, 2011
Senate Democrats seek to thaw House GOP freeze on SEC budget

An attempt by House Republicans to freeze the Securities and Exchange Commission's budget will meet resistance in the Senate, where the Democratic majority will seek to give the agency the increase recommended in the Obama administration budget.

NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 13, 2011
12(b)-1 ruling eases fund firms', B-Ds' worries - for now

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 13, 2011
B-D compliance burden growing, Pershing says

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 13, 2011
Ketchum: Finra is beefing up its examination program

The following remarks were delivered May 24 by Richard G. Ketchum, chairman and chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., at its annual meeting in Washington

Tax breaks for the well-off likely to be cut off
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 13, 2011
Tax breaks for the well-off likely to be cut off

Advisers, start planning now. According to a retirement policy expert, deficit pressures in Washington leave little room for further extensions of tax breaks in 2013.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 12, 2011
NFL players at risk of financial roughing

Several current and former National Football League players recently have found themselves ensnared in alleged Ponzi schemes or legal battles over failed investments