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By Kenneth Silber |
May 24, 2012
This year’s congressional elections hold considerable potential to reshuffle power on Capitol Hill.
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By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne |
March 15, 2012
In part one of a two-part series on the Bizarro World inside the beltway, a skeptical observer suggests there’s a method to the madness of starving the SEC of what it needs to do its job.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
March 7, 2012
Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee rejected, 25-17, an amendment introduced by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., that called for approving President Barack Obama’s proposed budget increase for the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2013.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
February 17, 2012
The SEC, in a bill introduced by Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., and in accordance with Obama’s executive order, would have to conduct robust cost-benefit analysis on each new rule.
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By James J. Green, AdvisorOne |
February 2, 2012
Speaking at TD Ameritrade Institutional conference, former FDIC chair gets warm reception from advisors, and urges no change to Dodd-Frank's "too big to fail" changes.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
January 23, 2012
House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus’ recent announcement that he will leave his post likely when a new Congress convenes could prompt him to move quickly in pushing through his committee a redraft of his SRO bill.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
January 20, 2012
January 21 marks the one-year anniversary of the SEC handing over to Congress its report under Section 913 of Dodd-Frank recommending that brokers adhere to a fiduciary duty.
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By Gil Weinreich, Advisorone, James J. Green, AdvisorOne |
January 5, 2012
Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist for Prudential Annuities, thinks the 'Fed will probably give us QE3' this year, but will focus on buying mortgage-backed securities rather than Treasuries.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
December 28, 2011
Rep. Barney Frank, the straight-talking Massachusetts Democrat who serves as ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, announced in late November that he won’t seek re-election and plans to retire from Congress at the end of 2012.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
December 28, 2011
While SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said in mid-December comments first reported on Bloomberg that the agency would issue a proposed fiduciary rule this year, she also stated in the Bloomberg interview that a fiduciary rule proposal will be “business model neutral” and allow brokers working with retail investors to sell...
