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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 Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
May 22, 2012
The House Financial Services Committee announced Wednesday that it will hold a hearing on June 6 on the redraft of Rep. Spencer Bachus’ bill calling for an SRO to oversee advisors.
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By John Sullivan, Advisorone |
May 22, 2012
Executives are “calling their bluff,” and the agency is struggling with a surge of companies willing to defend themselves.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
May 14, 2012
Sen. Bob Corker called Friday for a hearing on the JPMorgan loss. The Banking Committee chairman said Monday the group would hold a series of hearings that will cover that situation, along with money-market funds and Dodd-Frank.
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By Dale Brown, Financial Services Institute |
May 9, 2012
Fragmented oversight constitutes a serious risk for the Main Street investor; the established SRO is the best way to ameliorate that risk.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
May 8, 2012
On opening day of the 2012 NAPFA annual conference in Chicago, outgoing chairwoman Susan John named Ron Rhoades to succeed her as head of the fee-only planners group.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
April 25, 2012
FINRA has released an estimate of what its start-up and ongoing annual investment costs would be should it become the SRO for advisors—an estimate far below projections released by the Boston Consulting Group.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
April 25, 2012
House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus reintroduced on Wednesday his draft bill calling for an SRO for advisors—one week after industry sources told AdvisorOne that an SRO bill was imminent.
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By Alexei Bayer |
April 25, 2012
Despite unprecedented creation of money over the past three and a half years, consumer prices remain moderate.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
March 27, 2012
Americans for Financial Reform is coming out against the Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act, which was being marked up Tuesday by the House Financial Services Committee.
