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  • January 5, 2010

TAX: Estate tax bill advances

The House voted last month to permanently extend the estate tax.

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  • January 5, 2010

TAXES: House approves tax break extensions

The House voted last month to extend roughly $31 billion in popular tax breaks for one year.

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  • January 5, 2010

INSURANCE: Insurance office gets House nod

The sweeping financial reform measure passed by the House last month, HR 4173, includes a provision that would create an insurance office within the Treasury Department.

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  • January 5, 2010

INDUSTRY: Measure gives SEC right to end mandatory arbitration

The House-passed financial reform bill includes a provision that addresses mandatory arbitration in securities contracts.

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  • January 5, 2010

HEDGE FUNDS: Reform bill includes registration

The huge financial reform bill passed last month by the House includes a provision that would require many hedge funds to register with the SEC.

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  • January 5, 2010

TAXES: IRA charitable gift extension gets nod

A bill passed last month by the House would extend a tax break applying to individual retirement accounts.

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  • January 5, 2010

REGULATION: Protection plan for elderly advances

A provision in the House-passed financial reform bill aims to protect older Americans from financial fraud.

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  • January 5, 2010

CONSUMERS: Protection agency included in financial reform bill

The creation of a consumer financial protection agency was included in the sweeping financial reform bill passed by the House last month.

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  • January 5, 2010

REGULATION: House kills plan to let Finra oversee some RIAs

The House last month killed a controversial amendment that would have given the Financial Regulatory Authority Inc. oversight of more than a quarter of all federally registered investment advisory firms.

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  • January 5, 2010

REGULATION: New deadline granted for advice bill

The House Ways and Means Committee was granted another extension for consideration of a bill that would limit who can provide investment advice to 401(k) plan participants.