PREVIEW-Wall St. reform’s final round in U.S. Senate
By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) – The Wall Street reform fight enters its final stages in the U.S. Senate this week with an overdue reckoning on three issues that cut to the heart of...
View ArticlePREVIEW-Final act begins in U.S. Congress on Wall St reform
By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) – Negotiators from the U.S. Senate and House will begin meeting this week to craft a final Wall Street reform bill, with banks facing changes that...
View ArticleANALYSIS-Financial reform to give Obama limited lift at G20
By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) – The win President Barack Obama racked up on U.S. financial regulation reform on Friday will give him a boost at this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in...
View ArticleANALYSIS – U.S. TARP program less costly, but not less controversial
By Dave Clarke WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The government’s $700 billion bailout of the financial system may still be politically toxic, but for those who voted for the program, there is some good...
View ArticleOn the other hand: When Woodstock meets Wall Street
By Scott McCleskey Nov. 29 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - If you didn’t know any different, you’d think the Occupy Wall Street movement was the kind of military operation so often criticized by people of...
View ArticleTime to merge risk management and compliance?
By Rachel Wolcott LONDON/NEW YORK, April 5 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) – Regulators’ rising interest in risk management combined with a long trail of big fines for compliance failures has some...
View ArticleNew U.S. capital framework may prove burdensome for small banks
By Bora Yagiz NEW YORK, June 25 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - As part of an effort to bring the United States in line with the international standards of Basel III, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office...
View ArticleACCELUS SUMMIT: Former U.S. SEC chief Pitt warns against imposing regulations...
Nick Paraskeva, for Compliance Complete NEW YORK, May 2 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) – The United States should recognize it can no longer impose its regulatory solutions on the rest of the world, former...
View ArticleFormer U.S. CFTC chair criticizes Volcker call to merge agency with SEC
A former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has questioned Paul Volcker’s call to merge U.S. regulatory agencies under the leadership of the Federal Reserve. Volcker, the former chairman...
View ArticleIs FINRA doing enough to steer investors clear of bad brokers?
By Todd Ehret, Regulatory Intelligence (Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence) – A recent debate has emerged as to whether U.S. regulators and the securities industry have done enough to rid...
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