U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• Treasury Set to Issue Lifetime Income Guidance; DOL to Follow

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 6, 2011

  The Treasury Department plans to release soon guidance for employers on how best to integrate lifetime income products into 401(k)s and other employer-sponsored retirement plans, while the Department of Labor plans to follow with similar guidance early next year.

• Rep. DeFazio Aims to Tax Trading

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2011

  Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is doing it again—partnering with Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, to present a bill to tax trades of stocks, bonds and derivatives. The two previously tried in 2009 to propose such a measure, but it failed.

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  Senate Banking's Shelby Floats Cost-Benefit Bill

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 22, 2011

  Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., ranking GOP member on the Senate Banking Committee, introduced a bill on Thursday that requires financial regulators, like the SEC, to provide rigorous and consistent economic analyses on new rules they propose.

• FINRA Charged With Poor Transparency, Needs Closer Scrutiny—Compliance Watch

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 22, 2011

  The non-governmental regulator lacks the 'checks and balances' of other government regulators, U.S. Chamber of Commerce charges.

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  Dodd-Frank Anniversary: Big Reform Followed by Mixed Progress—Slideshow

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  July 20, 2011

  Like many well-meaning legislative efforts, the law has become clouded by political mud fights and has ballooned in size and scope.