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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
November 30, 2012
Texas Republican Neugebauer calls episode involving unencrypted laptop use by SEC staffers a "frightening lapse of judgment."
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
November 14, 2012
Decisions by Jon Corzine to chart a “radically different course for MF Global and try to turn the 230-year-old commodities broker into a full-service investment bank,” were the main reason the firm went bankrupt, according to a House report.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
November 13, 2012
“Our investigation is essentially an autopsy of how MF Global came to its ultimate demise and what policy changes need to be made to prevent similar customer losses in the future,” said the subcommittee’s chairman, Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
October 31, 2012
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations said Wednesday that it expects to report the results of its yearlong investigation into the collapse of MF Global in the next few weeks.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
July 23, 2012
The House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee told the New York Fed on Monday that it wants more information about the the handling of banks’ alleged “manipulation and suppression” of LIBOR.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
June 25, 2012
IRI announced Monday a new research initiative to identify regulatory burdens facing BDs that impede their ability—and their advisors’ willingness—to sell lifetime income products.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
November 30, 2011
A House Financial Services panel has scheduled a Dec. 15 hearing to delve into the collapse of brokerage firm MF Global, with Gensler called to address oversight of the failed firm by Dec. 7.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
September 20, 2011
An SEC Inspector General report released Tuesday alleged that the agency’s former general counsel, David Becker, benefited personally by participating in matters related to the liquidation proceedings dealing with the Bernie Madoff fraud.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
March 30, 2011
Republican and Democratic members of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations sparred Wednesday over the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Act.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
February 14, 2011
Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee introduced a bill on Feb. 8, which would move the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the Treasury Department.