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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
February 28, 2012
The SEC on Tuesday announced a rule proposal to help protect investors from identity theft by ensuring that broker-dealers, mutual funds, and other SEC-regulated entities create programs to detect and respond appropriately to red flags.
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
September 26, 2011
The NAACP announced Friday that, with partners that include Wells Fargo, the National Foundation on Credit Counseling, and the Financial Planning Association, it is launching the Financial Freedom Center Satellite program.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
July 18, 2011
At the one-year anniversary of Dodd-Frank, the GAO has released a list of 11 federal agencies' reported funding and staff resources needed to implement Dodd-Frank until 2012.
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By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne |
March 24, 2011
Identity Finder is cautioning taxpayers about increased exposure to identity theft, saying that the amount of personal data that is in transit electronically over the tax season can make individuals more vulnerable to identity predators, according to a news release on Thursday.
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By Kenneth Silber |
February 1, 2011
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By Kenneth Silber |
July 15, 2010
The financial services reform legislation, which the Senate passed, 60-39, on Thursday, July 15, is the latest in a century-spanning series of efforts to revamp financial and securities activities through regulation.
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By Staff Writer |
May 1, 2007
The McCarran-Ferguson Act, passed in 1945, offers a number of benefits to the insurance industry that it would otherwise not possess due to federal antitrust...
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By Marlene Y. Satter |
May 1, 2007
The repercussions from Hurricane Katrina have not yet died down, and the effects may reach much farther than the need to rebuild. Insurance companies are on...
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By Mary Kathleen Flynn |
May 1, 2006
The nature of computer crime is changing. Attackers are moving away from broad attacks on corporate firewalls--the high-profile stunts that wreak havoc on millions of...
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By Grace W. Weinstein |
March 1, 2006
"BEING IN CANADA BARELY FEELS LIKE BEING OUT OF THE U.S.," SAY LEAH BROOKS. YET accepting a teaching position at McGill University in Montreal meant...
