Senate Banking Committee

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  Financial Crisis’s Pricetag Could Top $10 Trillion: GAO

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 15, 2013

  Losses incurred by the financial crisis of 2007-'09 could exceed $10 trillion, and the effects could linger for years to come, according to a just-released report by the Government Accountability Office.

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  SEC’s Walter: Fiduciary Rule Under ‘Serious Consideration’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 14, 2013

  "I think this [rulemaking] should be a priority because it is a benefit to investors," Sen. John Tester of Montana told the chairwoman during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday. "You should push it."

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  Top Regulators to Testify on Dodd-Frank Progress

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 11, 2013

  The nation’s top financial regulators will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday regarding the progress of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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  Obama Names Mary Jo White New SEC Chief

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  President Obama on Thursday named Mary Jo White as the new chairwoman of the SEC, taking over from Elisse Walter.

• Political Stand-Offs

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  January 23, 2013

  Polarization has become a pervasive and much-noted feature of American politics.

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  Fiscal Cliff Deal: ‘A Missed Opportunity’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  While the fiscal cliff deal that was approved by the House and Senate on Jan. 1 was good news in that it sent the markets soaring and includes some changes that make financial planning easier, critics of the deal say that it fails to remedy the fiscal challenges that lie...

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  Fiscal Cliff Deal: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2013

  The fiscal cliff deal that was approved by Congress sent the markets soaring Wednesday, but lawmakers and industry officials were quick to weigh in with their opinions—positive and negative—on the deal.

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  In Election’s Wake: What Now for Advisors?

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 8, 2012

  TDAI offers some insight to changes at SEC, key congressional committees and 401(k)s.

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  11 Key Congressional Committees for Advisors to Worry About

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2012

  As the election approaches, not just the White House and Congress are in play, but also control of congressional committees important to advisors and others in the financial services sector.

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  Sen. Corker: SEC Nearing a Money-Market Fund Solution

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 18, 2012

  The senator urged the SEC in a letter to move ahead with further reform, saying “a run on money-market funds is still a real risk.”