U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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  Fund Industry Challenges CFTC Registration

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2013

  The mutual fund industry, with help from some former SEC officials, is fighting back over a rule adopted by the CFTC that will force many funds to register with it.

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  Retirement Planning Groups to SEC: Stop Messing With Money-Market Funds

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 21, 2012

  In a joint letter to the SEC Tuesday, the ICI, FSI and others said the proposed changes would render the funds "far less desirable—if not unusable—for retirement savers."

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  Dodd-Frank Should Not Be Repealed: House Hearing Consensus

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 10, 2012

  While they had many complaints about the Dodd-Frank Act, all of the financial services representatives testifying at a House Financial Services hearing stopped short of saying the law needs to be repealed.

• The Heat Rises on FINRA as Advisor SRO

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 26, 2012

  Just as a government watchdog is pressuring the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to beef up its oversight of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Congress is mulling whether to give FINRA the power to oversee advisors.

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  SEC’s Schapiro Adamant About Money-Market Fund Reforms

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 11, 2012

  During a conversation between Schapiro and Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, at the ICI's annual conference, Hobson said the industry and the SEC were at “loggerheads” over the SEC’s plans.

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  ICI Opposes SEC’s Attempt to Rein In Money-Market Funds

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 9, 2012

  Paul Schott Stevens, president and CEO of the ICI, pointed out two initiatives the ICI is fighting: the SEC’s further attempts to rein in money-market funds, and the CFTC’s amendments to a commodities rule.

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  U.S. Chamber Warns Against ‘Political Barriers to Innovation’ in Private Retirement Plans

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2012

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce published on Monday a white paper, “Private Retirement Benefits in the 21st Century: A Path Forward,” that provides guidelines for creating and maintaining retirement plans and increasing workers’ savings.

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  Allow E-Disclosures, Retirement Plan Coalition Urges DOL

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2012

  On Tuesday, a coalition of interested parties took to their pens to urge the Department of Labor to allow plan sponsors to make required disclosures electronically.

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  Blistering Criticism of JOBS Bill May Push Senate Changes

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 15, 2012

  A House bill intended to benefit business startups and stimulate job creation has been so sharply criticized on its way to the Senate that opponents may prevail in strengthening consumer protections they say were trashed.

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  JOBS Bill Under Fire by SEC, NASAA, Consumer Advocates

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2012

  A bill that started out as seven separate pieces of legislation intended to benefit business startups and stimulate job creation is coming in for criticism as it heads to the Senate, as opponents say that it does away with consumer protection.