Opponents of the estate tax are preparing to fight a push in Congress to require that minority-held interests in private companies be valued the same as majority-held interests for estate tax purposes.
Finra may have given broker-dealers and registered representatives a reprieve of sorts last year as the amount in fines and enforcement actions it levied against firms plummeted.
Independent registered representatives and their spouses soon could face unprecedented scrutiny into their personal finances.
The IRS is working on new rules that could require paid tax preparers to be licensed to improve tax compliance and reduce fraud, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman announced today.
If proposed cap-and-trade legislation aimed at restricting corporate carbon emissions is passed, advisers and investors will have to re-evaluate companies on an individual basis, as the real-money effects of this law would vary dramatically from firm to firm, according a new research report.
Two bills that would transform the way insurance agents are licensed and regulated are likely to face a difficult time in the Senate, according to insurance industry officials.
Smith Barney is not letting at least one of its brokers break away without a fight.
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Broker-dealers may face higher costs connected with customer disputes if revised legislation that would do away with mandatory securities arbitration passes both houses of Congress and is signed into law.
In what may be a reprieve for advisory firms, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro seems to have backed off from an idea that would require some advisory firms to face third-party compliance procedure audits.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a list of regulations for money market funds that goes far beyond proposed reforms issued in March by the Investment Company Institute.
Federal regulators have sued a defunct California investment brokerage and its former CEO, accusing them of fraud in selling more than $300 million worth of risky mortgage-backed securities to unsophisticated investors.
The Obama administration's strategy to ad-dress the economic crisis may be making the problem worse.
The brokerage industry is angry about President Obama's efforts to eliminate certain tax breaks for U.S. corporations that do business -offshore.
Investors and financial advisers who are stuck holding auction rate securities bought from “downstream” broker-dealers have begun to step up their legal claims against the major firms that marketed the investments as safe.
Congress is likely to begin a review of the financial oversight system next month, with an eye toward revamping regulation. Banking, of course, will take center stage, especially now that the federal government has a direct stake in many of the nation's largest banks.
The financial advisory industry is bracing for a battle over the Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to subject thousands of investment advisers to surprise exams by outside auditors.
Keeping track of rogue brokers is a tricky business, particularly when they leave or are booted from the confines of the securities industry, but keep peddling financial products.
State-level financial regulators today urged Congress to set up a group of regulatory agencies to deal with systemic risk.
Senators Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Maria Cantwell, D.-Wash., today introduced legislation called the Shareholder Bill of Rights that includes provisions to increase accountability and oversight at publicly traded corporations, including say on pay for shareholders.
