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• FINRA Provision Deleted From Reform Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 11, 2009

  The provision that would have given FINRA the authority to inspect and regulate any investment advisor associated with a broker/dealer was successfully deleted from the huge financial services reform bill on December 11.

• House Approves Financial Reform Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 11, 2009

  The full House approved by a vote of 223 to 202 today, December 11, the sweeping financial services reform bill, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173).

• Financial Reform Bill Approved: House Vote Is 223-202

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 11, 2009

  FINRA will not have oversight of advisors associated with B/Ds, for now.

• Sub-Prime Returns

  By Jeff Joseph  |  September 1, 2007

  Squeezed between a credit panic and intense volatility in stock prices, some of the most highly regarded hedge fund managers have spilled huge amounts of...

• Three Years after 9/11: Keeping a Cool Head in Tricky Markets

  By Staff Writer  |  September 17, 2004

  NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--As if trading is not hard enough, the terrorist attacks of 2001added another dimension of uncertainty to the environment. In the three years since that shock, the geopolitical picture has been complicated by war and fear of continuing violence. Markets have vacillated, nobody has firm ideas on how...

• SAC Trader Accused of Insider Trading

  By Staff Writer  |  January 17, 2003

  STAMFORD, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Michael Zimmerman, a trader at US$4 billion hedge fund firm SAC Capital Advisors, may be facing an inquiry by the Securities and Exchange...