A senior House Democrat said Tuesday the government didn't force Bank of America to take over Merrill Lynch, but Republicans charged that a committee inquiry was covering up the role of an Obama administration official.
A key state insurance official has called upon the life settlements industry to keep Main Street policyholders in mind — or else.
Investment advisory groups, state regulators and consumer advocates last week cheered a pledge by the House Financial Services Committee's chairman to defeat a measure that could expand Finra's reach over advisers.
Money managers are fighting legislation that would — for the first time — subject the roughly 4,000 firms associated with broker-dealers to regulation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Nicolas Cage is being sued by his former business manager, who claims lavish spending, not his advice, is to blame for the actor's financial problems.
The Securities and Exchange Commission would be required to issue rules prohibiting or limiting mandatory-arbitration clauses in securities contracts under draft legislation introduced last week by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
Company says legal tab in 2009 equaled 12% of revenue; crashed bond funds to blame
Caterpillar Inc.'s announcement last week that it has reached a tentative settlement over the fees it charged its 401(k) plan participants may be bad news for plan sponsors, their advisers and mutual fund companies.
The Securities and Exchange Commission would be required to issue rules prohibiting or limiting mandatory arbitration clauses in securities contracts under draft legislation introduced this week by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
Measures that would significantly boost funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as give shareholders a say on executive pay are included in draft financial overhaul legislation in the Senate, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
The financial advisory industry and its clients still may be struggling with the aftermath of the market crash — but investor plaintiff's attorneys are doing just fine, thank you.
Several financial advisers said that they agree with the Supreme Court justices who appeared to suggest during oral arguments last week that the Securities and Exchange Commission, and not the courts, should ultimately decide when mutual fund fees are excessive.
An arbitration panel has awarded a former broker at Allegiant Securities LLC $100,000 in a case that arbitrators said involved a forged letter purporting to be from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.
The Senate Finance Committee has drafted a bill that would reduce the chances of financial advisers getting hit with lawsuits because of disputes about certain retirement plans and other types of benefit programs sold to small businesses.
Life insurance producer advocacy groups celebrated the House Financial Services Committee's approval yesterday of the proposed Investor Protection Act, but stressed the bill still doesn't go far enough in protecting commissioned-based insurance sales agents.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a “comprehensive review” of the way proxy ballots are voted in the election of corporate directors and how proxy information is communicated to shareholders, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said this morning in New York at the Practising Law Institute's 41st annual Institute on Securities Regulation.
The House Financial Services Committee voted Wednesday to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market, four months after Bernard Madoff was sentenced for the biggest investment scam in history.
The financial advisory industry and their clients still may be struggling with the aftermath of the market crash — but investor plaintiff's attorneys are doing just fine, thank you.
The financial services industry has spent most of this year anticipating regulatory changes in response to the recent global economic crisis.
