New accounting rules and underpriced universal life insurance are just a couple of the issues keeping Joseph M. Belth up at night.
An investment fund manager from Tennessee drew a 14-year prison sentence Wednesday in a $33 million Ponzi scheme that cheated more than two dozen investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica.
The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicize monetary policy.
A Philadelphia-area fund manager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of $35 million.
Federal authorities today charged a Connecticut man with running a Ponzi scheme that allegedly bilked investors out of $20 million over nearly 12 years.
Two recent legal victories by securities firms involving the sale of auction rate securities suggest that institutional investors could find it tough to prevail in similar battles.
Investment adviser groups are up in arms about a one-sentence provision buried in the sweeping financial services reform legislation approved last week by the House of Representatives.
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts will look at whether financial advisers should continue to be classified as independent contractors.
An Emeryville, Calif., woman remains in federal custody after prosecutors say she admitted to defrauding hundreds of investors out of more than $8 million.
State Street Corp. will pay $89.75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with a group of employee benefit plans invested in certain active fixed-income strategies managed by its SSgA unit, confirmed Arlene Roberts, State Street spokeswoman.
The final fate of two lawsuits arising from the 2007 merger of NASD and the New York Stock Exchange's regulatory unit could be decided in the coming months.
Unintended consequences of capital markets regulation or legislation are the biggest fears harbored by equity traders at money management firms, a new report from consulting firm TABB Group says
American International Group Inc. chief executive Robert H. Benmosche's reported threat to quit two weeks ago — and subsequent pledge to continue his work at AIG — sets the stage for a battle over pay curbs while underscoring the enormous challenges AIG still faces, observers say.
As states propose and pass rules for oversight of life settlement transactions, industry participants wonder just how far the Securities and Exchange Commission will reach into the market to provide uniform guidance on disclosure and broker registration.
Federal regulators voted Wednesday to require companies to reveal more information about how they pay their executives amid a public outcry over compensation.
Sweeping regulations to tame Wall Street and protect consumers in dealings with lenders are on the verge of passing the House but their fate is hardly sealed.
The SEC is backpedaling on a proposal that would require advisory firms that deducted fees from client accounts to undergo costly surprise audits.
Opposition is mounting to proposed legislation — which is scheduled for a vote in the House tomorrow — that would harmonize regulations governing broker-dealers and investment advisers.
Large brokerage firms that are part of bank holding companies could be forced to review their compensation arrangements for brokers and advisers as a result of a pay proposal put forward Thursday by the Federal Reserve Board.
