August 5, 2014
US
regulators have built reform laws based on an incomplete understanding of the
causes of the financial crisis, academics have said.
August 3, 2014
US
regulators have announced a closer review of “industry-wide products and
activities” rather than individual managers in assessing systemic risk.
July 31, 2014
At least one financial regulator suspects you are.
July 30, 2014
The end of mandatory annuitization will likely mean a leaner workforce at the UK provider.
July 29, 2014
The European
banking giants have been questioned by US regulators for possible securities
law violations concerning high frequency trading.
July 29, 2014
As legislators grapple over another highway bill funded on pension smoothing, former PBGC Director Charles Millard calls for the measure to be made permanent.
July 29, 2014
More regulation won’t work, says a UK think tank and suggests bankers take the moral high ground.
July 24, 2014
The regulator is to introduce floating valuations and the option for redemption fees as part of an overhaul of money market fund rules.
July 23, 2014
The German
bank’s US arm has been criticized for poor governance, inadequate regulatory
reporting technologies, and bad data by regulators.
July 22, 2014
The Swiss
bank also reported its largest quarterly loss since the financial crisis following
a $2.6 billion settlement with US authorities for tax evasion.
July 22, 2014
Practices by two hedge funds have been criticised by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations for their use of “basket option structures” to crank up leverage and reduce tax bills.
July 21, 2014
Instead of
ending “too big to fail,” the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act has further entrenched the
concept into government policy, a GOP report has said.
July 21, 2014
Interested? The Treasury Department will host a summit for institutional allocators and government officials on September 9.
July 18, 2014
US
regulators have claimed dozens of prominent hedge funds and asset managers were
part of an insider-trading scheme involving health care companies.
July 16, 2014
In the wake of accusations of foreign exchange rate manipulation, the regulatory group has offered up proposals to shore up rate-setting methods.