Paul Kanjorski

• Congress Mulls Bills on Investor Protection, Hedge Funds, National Insurance Office

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 6, 2009

  Draft calls for broad study of SEC; state regulators and IAA call for increasing advisor exam threshold

• Vote Nears on Consumer Financial Protection Agency

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 30, 2009

  Frank promises vote on omnibus reform bill by early November

• Congress Presses Schapiro to Protect Investors

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2009

  While members of Congress praised SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro July 14 for acting quickly to institute changes at the beleaguered agency, lawmakers said more work...

• Congress Praises SEC's Schapiro for Cracking the Whip

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 14, 2009

  Lawmakers press the SEC Chair to continue taking bold steps

• Broker/dealer advocates warn proposed bill creates needless costs

  By Staff Writer  |  April 7, 2009

  Independent broker/dealer advocates are urging Congress to rethink a proposed amendment that will expand the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) authority to regulate auditors...

• Danger & Opportunity: What You Need to Know, Now

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2009

  As Washington becomes the nerve center of financial services, advisors will be forced to keep pace with the numerous laws, potential laws, Congressional hearings, and...

• Kanjorski Calls for Federal Insurance Agency

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2008

  Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pennsylvania), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee's Capital Markets Subcommittee, said at a hearing on financial services reform April 16 that he plans to introduce legislation today that will create an interim federal oversight agency, the Office of Insurance Information, within the U.S. Treasury Department.

• On the Agenda: Insurance and Ratings

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  November 1, 2007

  The hot topics that Congress will continue to debate this year and into 2008 are whether to create an optional federal regulator for the insurance...